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per·en·ni·al  audio  (p-rn-l) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  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.
NOUN:
  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).
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin perennis ( per-, throughout; see per- + annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots) + -al1

OTHER FORMS:
per·enni·al·ly(Adverb)


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