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How to pronounce perennial in English?

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Synonyms recurrent, repeated


perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements.
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Type of plant life, flora, plant
Has types rattlesnake master, button snakeroot, eryngium yuccifolium, rattlesnake's master
Derivation perennate
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perennial happiness.
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the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant.

Examples of perennial

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As a rookie, Williams showed he has the talent to become a perennial Pro Bowler.
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Perennial rye is planted in the cool fall around late October or early November.
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Look to annuals as valuable problem-solvers in the perennial border this summer.
From the dailyherald.com
A win would have been the Bears'first ever over the perennial power from Yakima.
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This perennial tolerates dry shade with very little maintenance or summer water.
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You can find perennial basil at Ricardo's Nursery, located at 6850 Atlantic Ave.
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Thumbell is a selection of Campanula rotundifolia and is perennial in zones 3-8.
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If a perennial has gotten ugly, deadhead spent blossoms and remove messy leaves.
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His wholesale nursery specializes in new perennial plants from around the world.
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More examples
  • (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more
  • Lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant"
  • Lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; "perennial happiness"
  • Recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements"
  • (perennially) in a perennial manner; repeatedly; "We want to know what is perennially new about the world"
  • A perennial plant or simply perennial (Latin per, "through", annus, "year") is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. ...
  • (perennially) throughout the year; constantly
  • (perennialism) The philosophy that emphasizes rationality as the major purpose of education. It asserts that the essential truths are recurring and universally true; it stresses Great Books.
  • (perennials) Plants that persist in the environment for more than one year (as in the case of annuals).