biennial

bi·en·ni·al

 (bī-ĕn′ē-əl)

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·en′ni·al·ly adv.

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biennial

(baɪˈɛnɪəl)

adj

1. occurring every two years

2. lasting two years. Compare biannual

n

3. (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 annual³, perennial³

4. an event that takes place every two years

biˈennially adv

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bi•en•ni•al

(baɪˈɛn i əl)

adj.

1. happening every two years: biennial games.

2. lasting or enduring for two years.

3. (of a plant) requiring two years to complete a life cycle; blooming and forming seeds in the second year.

n.

4. an event occurring once in two years.

5. a biennial plant.

Also, biyearly (for defs. 1, 2).

[1615–25]

bi•en′ni•al•ly, adv.

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bi·en·ni·al

(bī-ĕn′ē-əl)

Adjective

Completing a life cycle normally in two growing seasons.

Noun

A biennial plant. Carrots, parsnips, and sugar beets are some examples of biennials.

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biennial

1. A plant with a two-year life cycle.

2. A plant that dies after its second growing season, usually not flowering until the second year.

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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"

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Translations

، حادِثٌ أو عائِشٌ كلَّ سَنَتيْن

dvouletý

toårig

zweijährig

bienal

bisannuelbiennal

kétévenkénti

tvíær

biennalebienne

dvimetis

divgadīgs

toårig

iki yıllık

两年一次的二年生的

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

biennial

(baiˈeniəl) adjective

(of plants etc) lasting for two years. Wallflowers are biennial; a biennial plant. tweejarige ، حادِثٌ أو عائِشٌ كلَّ سَنَتيْن двугодишен bienal dvouletý zweijährig toårig διετήςbienal 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 tweejarigtoårigdwuletnibienal bienal двухлетний dvojročný dveleten dvogodišnji tvåårig, tvåårs-, bienn เกิดขึ้นทุก ๆ สองปี iki yıllık (指植物)兩年生而於第二年結實的 дворічний; такий, що трапляється раз у два роки دوسالہ hai năm 两年一次的，二年生的

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