Biennial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lasting or living for two years.
  • adj. Happening every second year.
  • adj. Botany Having a life cycle that normally takes two growing seasons to complete.
  • n. An event that occurs every two years.
  • n. Botany A plant that normally requires two seasons to complete its life cycle, growing usually as a rosette in the first season and producing flowers and fruits and then dying in the second season.
  • n. Botany A perennial plant, such as the English daisy, cultivated as a biennial.
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  • adj. Happening every two years.
  • adj. Lasting for two years.
  • n. A plant that requires two years to complete its life-cycle, germinating and growing in its first year, then producing its flowers and fruit in its second year, after which it usually dies.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Happening, or taking place, once in two years.
  • adj. Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.
  • n. Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination.
  • n. A plant which exists or lasts for two years.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Happening or taking place once in two years: as, biennial games.
  • Continuing or lasting for two years; changed or renewed every two years: Said especially of plants.
  • n. A plant which requires two seasons of growth to produce its flowers and fruit, growing one year and flowering, fruiting, and dying the next.
  • n. An exercise, as a college examination, occurring once in two years. Sometimes also bisannual.
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  • adj. occurring every second year
  • adj. having a life cycle lasting two seasons
  • n. (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
    • Equivalent
    periodical    periodic   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    plant    flora    plant life   
    Cross Reference
    biannual    biennially    biennium    semiannual    annual   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bicentennial    centennial    decennial    millennial    perennial   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    half-hardy    triennial    free-flowering    septennial    vote   
     
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