biennial

bi·en·ni·al  (b-n-l)

adj.

1. Lasting or living for two years.

2. Happening every second year.

3. Botany Having a life cycle that normally takes two growing seasons to complete.

n.

1. An event that occurs every two years.

2. Botany

a. A plant that normally requires two seasons to complete its life cycle, growing usually as a rosette in the first season and producing flowers and fruits and then dying in the second season.

b. A perennial plant, such as the English daisy, cultivated as a biennial.

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bi·enni·al·ly adv.

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biennial [baɪˈɛnɪəl]

adj

1. occurring every two years

2. lasting two years Compare biannual

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a plant, such as the carrot, that completes its life cycle within two years, developing vegetative storage parts during the first year and flowering and fruiting in its second year Compare annual [3] perennial [3]

2. an event that takes place every two years

biennially  adv

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biennial  (b-n-l)

Adjective

Completing a life cycle normally in two growing seasons.

Noun

A biennial plant. In the first year, biennials normally produce a short stem, a rosette of leaves, and a fleshy root that acts as food supply. In the second season, biennials blossom, produce seed, use up their food supply, and die. Carrots, parsnips, and sugar beets are examples of biennials. Compare annualperennial

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	biennial - (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 plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants
Adj.	1.	biennial - having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals" two-year phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants annual, one-year - completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants" perennial - lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant"
	2.	biennial - occurring every second year; "they met at biennial conventions" biyearly periodic, periodical - happening or recurring at regular intervals; "the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust"

Translations

biennial [baɪˈenɪəl]

A. ADJ

1. (= every two years) → bienal

2. (Bot) → bianual

B. N (= plant) → planta f bienal

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biennial [baɪˈɛniəl]

adj

[festival, event, conference] → biennal(e)

[plant] → bisannuel(le)

n (= plant) → plante f bisannuelle, bisannuel m

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biennial

adj (= every two years) → zweijährlich; (rare, = lasting two years) → zweijährig

n (Bot) → zweijährige Pflanze

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biennial [baɪˈɛnɪəl]

1. adj → biennale

2. n (pianta) → biennale f

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biennial [baɪˈɛnɪəl]

1. adj → biennale

2. n (pianta) → biennale f

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biennial

adj biennial [baiˈeniəl]

(of plants etc) lasting for two years Wallflowers are biennial; a biennial plant. tweejarige ، حادِثٌ أو عائِشٌ كلَّ سَنَتيْن двугодишен dvouletý toårig zweijährig διετής (για φυτά κτλ.) bienal kaheaastane گیاهی که دو سال زنده است kaksivuotinen bisannuel דוּ-שׁנָתִי द्विवार्षिक dvogodišnji kétévenkénti, kétéves tahan dua tahunan tvíær biennale 二年生の (植物) 2년생의 dvimetis divgadīgs (augs) setiap dua tahun tweejarig toårig dwuletni bienal bienal двухлетний dvojročný dveleten dvogodišnji tvåårig, tvåårs-, bienn เกิดขึ้นทุก ๆ สองปี iki yıllık 二年生的 дворічний; такий, що трапляється раз у два роки دوسالہ hai năm 两年一次的，二年生的