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per⋅en⋅ni⋅al

  [puh-ren-ee-uhl]
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–adjective
1. lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
2. (of plants) having a life cycle lasting more than two years.
3. lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream.
4. perpetual; everlasting; continuing; recurrent.
–noun
5. a perennial plant: Daffodils and tulips are perennials.
6. something that is continuing or recurrent.
Origin:
1635–45; < L perenni(s) lasting the whole year through (per- per- + -enn-, comb. form of annus year + -is adj. suffix) + -al 1

Related forms:
per⋅en⋅ni⋅al⋅i⋅ty, noun
per⋅en⋅ni⋅al⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. perdurable; constant, incessant, continual. 4. imperishable, undying, eternal, immortal.
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per·en·ni·al   (pə-rěn'ē-əl)   
adj.  

  1. Lasting or active through the year or through many years.

    1. Lasting an indefinitely long time; enduring: perennial happiness.

    2. Appearing again and again; recurrent. See Synonyms at continual.

  3. Botany Living three or more years.

n.  

  1. Botany A perennial plant.

  2. Something that recurs or seems to recur on a yearly or continual basis: "that hardy perennial, the budget deficit" (David S. Broder).


[Latin perennis (per-, throughout; see per- + annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots) + -al1.]
per·en'ni·al·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

perennial 
1644, "evergreen," formed in Eng. from L. perennis "lasting through the year (or years)," from per- "through" + annus "year" (see annual). Botanical sense of "Remaining alive through a number of years" is attested from 1672; fig. meaning of "enduring, permanent" is from 1750.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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