biennial

(bī-ĕn'ē-əl)

1. Lasting or living for two years.
2. Happening every second year.
3. Botany. Having a life cycle that normally takes two growing seasons to complete.

1. An event that occurs every two years.
2. Botany.
   1. 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.
   2. A perennial plant, such as the English daisy, cultivated as a biennial.

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A plant that requires two years to complete its life cycle. During the first growing season, the seed germinates and the plant grows but produces only foliage. During the second growing season, it flowers, sets seed, and dies. If allowed to reseed themselves, biennials can keep the garden in flowers indefinitely. Two popular biennials are foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and, despite its species name, money plant (Lunaria annua).

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• Botany and Plant Parts - biennial: plant with two-year life cycle in which the vegetative first-year growth is followed by fruiting and dying during second year
• Plants and Plant Parts - biennial: plant with two-year life cycle, in which vegetative first-year growth is followed by fruiting and drying during second year
• Fixed Times - biennial: (adj) occurring every two years; (n) two-year anniversary; event that occurs once in two years

Look up biennial in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Biennial means (an event) lasting for two years or occurring every two years. In particular, it can refer to:

• Biennial plant, a plant which blooms in its second year and then dies
• Biennale (disambiguation), various events

See also

Biannual meaning twice a year. Biennial meaning once every two years.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - toårig, toårs-
n. - biennal, toårsbegivenhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
tweejarig, twee jaar levende plant

Français (French)
adj. - biennal, bisannuel
n. - (Bot) plante bisannuelle

Deutsch (German)
adj. - zweijährig, zweijährlich
n. - (bot.) zweijährige Pflanze

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - που συμβαίνει κάθε δύο χρόνια, διετής, διάρκειας δύο ετών
n. - διετές φυτό, μπιενάλε

Italiano (Italian)
biennale, biennio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - bienal
n. - planta (f) bienal (Bot.), o que ocorre a cada dois anos

Русский (Russian)
двулетний, двухлетник

Español (Spanish)
adj. - bienal
n. - cada dos años, planta bienal

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tvåårig, inträffande vartannat år
n. - tvåårig växt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
二年生的, 二年一次的, 二年生植物, 二年一次的事

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 二年生的, 二年一次的
n. - 二年生植物, 二年一次的事

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 2년마다의(2년 동안 계속되는)
n. - 2년에 한 번 있는 일, 2년 생 식물

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 2年ごとの, 2年生の
n. - 2年生植物, 隔年の行事, ビエンナーレ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) يحدث كل سنتين (الاسم) زرع يعيش لسنتين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דו-שנתי, אורך שנתיים‬
n. - ‮אירוע דו-שנתי, צמח שמחזור הגידול שלו הוא שנתיים‬

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