What does "perennial" mean?
Perennial: Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing. The perennial existence of bodies corporate. Burke.
Additional senses
- 2.(Bot.) Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant.
- 3.A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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