a. | 1. | ing or continuing through the year; |
2. | Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing. | |
3. | (Bot.) Continuing more than two years; | |
n. | 1. | (Bot.) A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not. |
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Adj. | 1. | perennial - lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant" |
2. | perennial - lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; "perennial happiness" | |
3. | perennial - recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements" |