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English Dictionary: biennial	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
biennial adj having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals" Synonym(s): biennial, two-year Antonym(s): annual, one-year, perennial occurring every second year; "they met at biennial conventions" Synonym(s): biennial, biyearly n (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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biennial \Bien"nial\, a. [L. biennalis and biennis, fr. biennium a space of two years; bis twice + annus year. Cf. {Annual}.] 1. Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election. 2. (Bot.) Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biennial \Bien"nial\, n. 1. Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination. 2. (Bot.) A plant which exists or lasts for two years.