biennial

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Synonyms for biennial

noun organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom

Antonyms for biennial

animal

More words related to biennial

plant

noun. organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom

plants

noun. organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom

Word Origin & History

"lasting for two years" (1620s); "occurring every two years" (1750), from Latin biennium "two-year period," from bi- (see bi-) + annus "year" (see annual). The vowel change is "due to the Latin phonetic law according to which the unaccented and closed radical syllable of the second element of compounds, original -ă- becomes -ĕ-" [Klein]. The noun meaning "a biennial plant" is attested by 1770.

Example Sentences for biennial

The state legislature had assembled in biennial session that winter.

Biennial means lasting two years or occurring once in two years.

The sessions, however, were biennial, and could only be convened by authority of the Governor.

It is a biennial plant, and is cultivated for its leaves and leaf-stalks.

Elections in the Senate are of three sorts: annual, biennial, and extraordinary.

There are several of them beautiful annual and biennial plants.

Grasses are annual, biennial, or perennial, and it is often of importance to know which.

Two peduncles mostly come out of the upper sheath; some leaves are biennial.

Our species are biennial, leafy-stemmed, and pale or glaucous.

A biennial or perennial form; considered to be a denizen by Watson.