| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bi·en·ni·al |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b - n  - l |
| ADJECTIVE: | 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. | | NOUN: | 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. | | OTHER FORMS: | bi·enni·al·ly —ADVERB
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