Definition of perennial

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Perennial (n.) A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not..

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Chive :: Chive (n.) A perennial plant (Allium Schoenoprasum), allied to the onion. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc..
Pinkroot :: Pinkroot (n.) A perennial North American herb (Spigelia Marilandica), sometimes cultivated for its showy red blossoms. Called also Carolina pink, Maryland pinkroot, and worm grass..
Bugbane :: Bugbane (n.) A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceae and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species.
Doob Grass :: Doob grass () A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States..
Vivacious :: Vivacious (a.) Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial..
Chrysanthemum :: Chrysanthemum (n.) A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy..
Honesty :: Honesty (a.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty..
Palma Christi :: Palma Christi () A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also castor-oil plant..
Polytocous :: Polytocous (a.) Bearing fruit repeatedly, as most perennial plants; polycarpic..
Perennial :: Perennial (a.) Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant..
Foxglove :: Foxglove (n.) Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis..
Lyme Grass :: Lyme grass () A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, esp. E. Canadensis, and the European E. arenarius..
Perennial :: Perennial (a.) Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing.
Feverfew :: Feverfew (n.) A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, / Chrysanthemum, Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities..
Perennial :: Perennial (n.) A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not..
Silverweed :: Silverweed (n.) A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath.
Coltsfoot :: Coltsfoot (n.) A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine..
Asparagus :: Asparagus (n.) A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceae, and having erect much branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers. Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species cultivated in gardens..
Claytonia :: Claytonia (n.) An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty.
Edelweiss :: Edelweiss (n.) A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps..
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