Thesaurus: perennial

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1. a. ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains.
2. a. Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing.
3. a. Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant.
4. n. A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.
5. adj. lasting three seasons or more
6. adj. lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal
7. adj. recurring again and again
8. n. (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more
9. 1. ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains. 2. Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing. The perennial existence of bodies corporate. Burke. 3. (Bot.) Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant. Syn. -- Perpetual; unceasing; never failing; enduring; continual; permanent; uninterrupted. A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.
10. Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root,or plant.
11. j:57/n:43 n. (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more a. lasting three seasons or more s. lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal s. recurring again and again