PERENNIAL

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains.

2.
a.

Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing. The perennial existence of bodies corporate. Burke.

3.
a.

Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant.

4.
n.

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