perennial
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5.1
- adjective
- /pəˈrɛn.i.əl/
:
perenne
- The Orchidaceae is a large, ancient family of perennial plants with one fertile stamen and a three-petaled flower.
- perennial grass
- perennial plant
- perennial crop
It's a very reliable perennial variety of rhubarb.
- It's a very reliable perennial variety of rhubarb.
- I've, I've found it's sort of like a perennial plant in that, you know, it's going to keep on getting reborn.
- And and every year a perennial plant produces more fruit and it takes less work to tend it an annual.
Examples
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Poor farmers in Africa today are willing to plant slow-maturing perennial crops when given access to market-based price incentives.
Academic text (1994) -
Another flower found in almost all flower shops and commonly spotted in perennial gardens is stock, or Matthiola incana.
Academic text (2004) -
So like our native plants, our perennial flowers.
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And and every year a perennial plant produces more fruit and it takes less work to tend it an annual.
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It's a very reliable perennial variety of rhubarb.
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I am attempting to study those tall perennial trees... that cover those distant mountains.
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An herbaceous perennial plant, it is among the most common plants in the swampy lowlands there.
Academic text (2007) -
Toward the end of the month, overnight, the purple and pink perennial asters burst into bloom and for 38 hours they are all glowing.
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Forbs are broadleaf plants that don't have woody stems and include perennial plants such as arrowleaf balsamroot and tapertip hawksbeard.
Academic text (2003) -
Every spring, the garden bursts with vibrant colors from the perennial flowers that bloom again.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A grass that lives for many years and is used for lawns and to feed animals
- Specialized
A plant with daisy-like flowers that lives in salt marshes and comes back each year
- Specialized
A climbing plant that grows back every year with purple, pink, or white flowers
- Specialized
A rough plant with spreading roots that lives year after year in dry open land
How Long-Lived
6
3.9
20
5.1
- Specialized
- Specialized
11
2.7
17
8.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
perennial = perenni + al
The botanical sense ('living for several years') is directly related to the notion of lasting through years, but the constituent morpheme is not a productive standalone English word for learners.
Etymology
Perennial comes from the Latin parts per- ('through') and annus ('year'), so it means 'lasting through the years'; unlike a annual plant that lives only one year, a perennial plant lives and blooms for many seasons.