biennial, two-year
(adjective) having a life cycle lasting two seasons; “a biennial life cycle”; “parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals”
biennial, biyearly
(adjective) occurring every second year; “they met at biennial conventions”
biennial
(noun) (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
Source: WordNet® 3.1
biennial (not comparable)
Happening every two years.
Lasting for two years.
• biennary (uncommon); biannual (proscribed)
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.
Source: Wiktionary
Bi*en"ni*al, a. Etym: [L. biennalis and biennis, fr. biennium a space of two years; bis twice + annus year. Cf. Annual.]
1. Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.
Bi*en"ni*al, n.
1. Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A plant which exists or lasts for two years.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
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