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per⋅en⋅nate

  [per-uh-neyt, puh-ren-eyt]
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–verb (used without object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing. Botany.
to survive from season to season for an indefinite number of years.
Origin:
1615–25; < L perennātus, ptp. of perennāre to continue for a long time, deriv. of perennis; see perennial, -ate 1

Related forms:
per⋅en⋅na⋅tion, noun
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per·en·nate   (pěr'ə-nāt', pə-rěn'āt)   
intr.v.   per·en·nat·ed, per·en·nat·ing, per·en·nates
To survive from one growing season to the next, often with a period of reduced or arrested growth between seasons. Used of plants or plant parts.

[Latin perennāre, perennāt-, to last many years, from perennis, lasting for years; see perennial.]
per'en·na'tion n.
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