Category:Perennial

Per*en"ni*al, a. Etym: [l. perennis that lasts the whole year Through; per through + annus year. See per-, and annual.]

1. ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains.

2. Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; Unceasing; never failing. The perennial existence of bodies corporate. Burke.

3. (bot.)

Defn: continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, Or plant.

Syn. -- perpetual; unceasing; never failing; enduring; continual; Permanent; uninterrupted.

Perennial Per*en"ni*al, n. (bot.)

Defn: a perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than Two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.