biennial
Contents
1 English
1.1 Etymology
1.2 Pronunciation
1.3 Adjective
1.3.1 Synonyms
1.3.2 Related terms
1.3.3 Translations
1.4 Noun
1.4.1 Translations
1.4.2 See also
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin biennium (“two-year period”), from bis (“two”) + annus (“year”); surface analysis bi- + -ennial.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /baɪˈɛnɪəl/
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- Rhymes: -ɛnɪəl
Adjective
biennial (not comparable)
Happening every two years.
Lasting for two years.
Synonyms
biennary (uncommon); biannual (proscribed)
Related terms
- biennium
- biennially
biannual, semiannual
Translations
happening every two years
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lasting for two years
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Noun
biennial (plural biennials)
- A plant that requires two years to complete its life-cycle, germinating and growing in its first year, then producing its flowers and fruit in its second year, after which it usually dies.
Translations
plant
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See also
- annual
- perennial
