BIENNIAL
\ba͡ɪˈɛnɪəl], \baɪˈɛnɪəl], \b_aɪ_ˈɛ_n_ɪ__ə_l]\
Definitions of BIENNIAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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occurring every second year; "they met at biennial conventions"
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having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals"
By Princeton University
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occurring every second year; "they met at biennial conventions"
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(botany) having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.
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Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination.
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A plant which exists or lasts for two years.
By Oddity Software
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Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.
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Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination.
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A plant which exists or lasts for two years.
By Noah Webster.
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Happening once in two years; as, a biennial convention; continuing or existing for two years, as plants.
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A plant which produces roots and leaves in the first year, and flowers, fruit, and seed in the second, after which it dies; an event which is held once in two years.
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Biennially.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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1. Occurring once in two years. 2. Lasting two years; in botany, noting a plant which springs from the seed the first year, and blossoms and dies the second season.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Continuing or lasting throughout two years-applied to plants that do not bear flowers and seed till the second year, and then die.
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A plant that stands two years.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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