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adjective Also, biyearly (for defs. 1, 2).
1.
happening every two years: biennial games.
2.
lasting or enduring for two years: a biennial life cycle.
3.
Botany. completing its normal term of life in two years, flowering and fruiting the second year, as beets or winter wheat.
noun
4.
any event occurring once in two years.
5.
Botany. a biennial plant.
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Biennially
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Related forms
bi·en·ni·al·ly, adverb
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| biennial (baɪˈɛnɪəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | occurring every two years |
| 2. | Compare biannual lasting two years |
| —n | |
| 3. | annual Compare perennial a plant, such as the carrot, that completes its life cycle within two years, developing vegetative storage parts during the first year and flowering and fruiting in its second year |
| 4. | an event that takes place every two years |
| bi'ennially | |
| —adv | |
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