biennial
adjective
- happening every two years
- lasting or living two years
noun
- a biennial event or occurrence
- Bot. a plant that lasts two years, usually producing flowers and seed the second year
See biennial in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(bī-ĕnˈē-əl)
adjective- Lasting or living for two years.
- Happening every second year.
- Botany Having a life cycle that normally takes two growing seasons to complete.
noun- An event that occurs every two years.
- Botany
a. A plant that normally requires two seasons to complete its life cycle, growing usually as a rosette in the first season and producing flowers and fruits and then dying in the second season.
b. A perennial plant, such as the English daisy, cultivated as a biennial.
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