Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To survive from one growing season to the next, often with a period of reduced or arrested growth between seasons. Used of plants or plant parts.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To continue to prolong indefinitely; renew.
- In botany, to live perennially.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb botany To
survive from onegrowing season to the next
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb survive from season to season, of plants
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin perennāre, perennāt-, to last many years, from perennis, lasting for years; see perennial.]
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