What is "perennial" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does perennial mean in English? Meaning of perennial definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "perennial" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "perennial": (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more

Noun

  • Meaning: (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more
  • Synonyms: perennial
  • Hyponyms: button snakeroot eryngium yuccifolium rattlesnake master rattlesnake's master
  • Hypernyms: flora plant plant life
  • Meaning of "perennial": lasting three seasons or more

    Adjective

  • Meaning: lasting three seasons or more
  • Example: the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant
  • Synonyms: perennial
  • Antonyms: annual biennial one-year two-year
  • Meaning of "perennial": lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal

    Adjective

  • Meaning: lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal
  • Example: perennial happiness
  • Synonyms: perennial
  • Similar: long
  • Meaning of "perennial": recurring again and again

    Adjective

  • Meaning: recurring again and again
  • Example: perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements
  • Synonyms: perennial recurrent repeated
  • Similar: continual
  • Adjective: Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time. a perennial stream(botany, of a plant) Having a life cycle of more than two years. Compare annual, biennial.(figuratively) Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; permanent; unceasing; never failing. 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France The perennial existence of bodies corporate and their fortunes are things particularly suited to a man who has long views…1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France The perennial existence of bodies corporate and their fortunes are things particularly suited to a man who has long views…(figuratively) Enduring; lasting; timeless. His artwork has a perennial beauty.(figuratively) Recurrent; appearing or recurring again and again. Change is a perennial theme in politics.
  • Synonyms:

    eternal, recurrent, continuing, persistent, never-ending, chronic, continual, yearly, old, annual, immortal, permanent, constant, everlasting, abiding, ceaseless, deathless, durable, imperishable, incessant, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, long-lasting, sustained, unceasing, unchanging, undying, unfailing, uninterrupted, long-lived, perdurable, seasonal, longstanding, yearlong,

    Antonyms:

    temporary, infrequent, halting, intermittent, interrupted, occasional, ephemeral, concluding, changing, ending, ceasing, terminating,

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    perennial in English: perennial
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