'Perennial' definitions:
Definition of 'perennial'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant" [ant: annual, biennial, one-year, two-year]
adjective
Lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; "perennial happiness"
adjective
Recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements" [syn: perennial, recurrent, repeated]
noun
(botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more
Definition of 'Perennial'
From: GCIDE
- Perennial \Per*en"ni*al\ (p[e^]r*[e^]n"n[i^]*al), a. [L. perennis that lasts the whole year through; per through + annus year. See Per-, and Annual.]
- 1. Lasting or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing. [1913 Webster]
- The perennial existence of bodies corporate. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Perpetual; unceasing; never failing; enduring; continual; permanent; uninterrupted. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Perennial'
From: GCIDE
- Perennial \Per*en"ni*al\, n. (Bot.) A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'perennial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abiding,
- age-long,
- aged,
- amphibian,
- ancient,
- angiosperm,
- annual,
- antique,
- aquatic plant,
- articulated,
- biennial,
- catenated,
- ceaseless,
- chattering,
- chronic,
- concatenated,
- connected,
- constant,
- continual,
- continued,
- continuing,
- continuous,
- cosmopolite,
- cutting,
- cyclical,
- deciduous,
- deciduous plant,
- dicot,
- dicotyledon,
- direct,
- diuturnal,
- durable,
- endless,
- enduring,
- ephemeral,
- eternal,
- ever-blooming,
- ever-new,
- evergreen,
- everlasting,
- exotic,
- featureless,
- flowering plant,
- fungus,
- gametophyte,
- gapless,
- gymnosperm,
- half-hardy,
- hardy,
- hydrophyte,
- immediate,
- immortal,
- immutable,
- imperishable,
- incessant,
- indeciduous,
- interminable,
- intransient,
- inveterate,
- joined,
- jointless,
- lasting,
- lifelong,
- linked,
- long-lasting,
- long-lived,
- long-standing,
- long-term,
- longeval,
- longevous,
- machine gun,
- macrobiotic,
- monocot,
- monocotyl,
- monotonous,
- never-ending,
- never-failing,
- nonstop,
- of long duration,
- of long standing,
- old,
- oscillating,
- perdurable,
- perduring,
- periodic,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- persistent,
- persisting,
- plant,
- polycot,
- polycotyl,
- polycotyledon,
- pulsating,
- rapid,
- recurrent,
- regular,
- remaining,
- repeated,
- repetitive,
- round-the-clock,
- running,
- seamless,
- seed plant,
- seedling,
- sempervirent,
- sempiternal,
- serried,
- smooth,
- spermatophyte,
- sporophyte,
- stable,
- staccato,
- staying,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- straight,
- stuttering,
- sustained,
- thallophyte,
- timeless,
- tough,
- triennial,
- twenty-four-hour,
- unbroken,
- unceasing,
- unchanging,
- undifferentiated,
- undying,
- unending,
- unfading,
- unfailing,
- uniform,
- unintermitted,
- unintermittent,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unrelieved,
- unremitting,
- unstopped,
- unvarying,
- vascular plant,
- vegetable,
- vibrating,
- vital,
- weed