biennial

Definitions

1. 1.(Bot.) Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.
2. 2.Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination.
3. 3.(Bot.) A plant which exists or lasts for two years.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is biennial.

• What is continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second called?
• What is something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination called?
• What is a plant which exists or lasts for two years called?