perennation

per·en·nate  (pr-nt, p-rnt)

intr.v. per·en·nat·ed, per·en·nat·ing, per·en·nates

To survive from one growing season to the next, often with a period of reduced or arrested growth between seasons. Used of plants or plant parts.

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[Latin perennre, perennt-, to last many years, from perennis, lasting for years; see perennial.]

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peren·nation n.

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perennation - the process of living through a number of years (as a perennial plant) plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms