perennial

(pə-rĕn'ē-əl)

1. Lasting or active through the year or through many years.
2. 1. Lasting an indefinitely long time; enduring: perennial happiness.
   2. Appearing again and again; recurrent. See synonyms at continual.
3. Botany. Living three or more years.

1. Botany. A perennial plant.
2. Something that recurs or seems to recur on a yearly or continual basis: "that hardy perennial, the budget deficit" (David S. Broder).

[Latin perennis (per-, throughout; see per- + annus, year) + -AL¹.]

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adjective

Existing or remaining in the same state for an indefinitely long time: abiding, continuing, durable, enduring, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, old, perdurable, permanent, persistent. See continue/stop/pause.

Definition: enduring, perpetual
Antonyms: changing, intermittent, interrupted

A plant or shrub whose life cycle is greater than 2 years.

A plant that lives for a number of years, generally flowering each year. Gardeners often use the term “perennial” to mean herbaceous perennial, but woody plants such as shrubs and trees are also perennial. See also short-lived perennial; herbaceous perennial; woody perennial.

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A plant with a life cycle of more than one year.

• p. broomweed — gutierrezia microcephala.
• p. pea — lathyrus latifolius.
• p. ryegrass — lolium perenne.
• p. snakeweed — gutierrhezia microcephala.
• p. urochloa grass — urochloa mozambicensis.

• Botany and Plant Parts - perennial: plant that lives more than two years, esp. herbaceous plant that produces flowers from the same root structure several years in a row
• Plants and Plant Parts - perennial: plant that lives two years or more; herbaceous plant that lives beyond its flowering stage
• Fixed Times - perennial: occurring year after year

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - flerårig, varig, uopslidelig
n. - flerårig plante

Nederlands (Dutch)
heel jaar/vele jaren durend, eeuwigdurend, telkens terugkerend, onafgebroken, nooit opdrogend, overblijvend(e plant)

Français (French)
adj. - perpétuel, (Bot) vivace
n. - plante vivace

Deutsch (German)
adj. - immerwährend, ausdauernd
n. - ausdauernde Pflanze

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αιώνιος, μόνιμος, πολυετής
n. - πολυετές φυτό

Italiano (Italian)
perenne, perpetuo, eterno, pianta perenne

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - perene, permanente, eterno
n. - planta perene (f) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
многолетний, многолетнее растение, круглый год

Español (Spanish)
adj. - perenne, eterno, perpetuo
n. - planta perenne

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ständig, ständigt återkommande, flerårig, perenn, som varar hela året
n. - flerårig växt, eternell, ngt ständigt återkommande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
四季不断的, 继续多年的, 多年生植物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 四季不斷的, 繼續多年的
n. - 多年生植物

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 사철을 통한, 장기간 계속하는, 다년생인
n. - 다년생 식물

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 四季を通じての, 永久の, 多年生の, 年中絶えない, 永遠の
n. - 多年生植物, 続くもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) دائم, معمر (الاسم) مستمر خلال فصول العام أو السنه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נמשך כל השנה, נצחי, תמידי, איתן (נחל), נמשך לאורך מספר שנים‬
n. - ‮צמח רב-שנתי‬

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