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Definition of: perennial
(pə·ren′ē·əl) adjective
1. Continuing or enduring through the year or through many years.
2. Hence, unfailing; unceasing: perennial courage.
3. Growing continually; surviving more than one year.
4. Bot. Lasting more than two years. See synonyms under ETERNAL, PERPETUAL.
—noun A plant that grows for three or more years, usually blossoming and fructifying annually. [<L perennis <per- through + annus a year]
—per·en′ni·al·ly adverb
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