biennial

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A plant that requires two years to complete its life-cycle, germinating and growing in its first year, then producing its flowers and fruit in its second year, after which it usually dies
Lasting for two years
Happening every two years
a plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second
{n} a plant whose root lives but two years
{a} continuing or living two years
(an event) lasting for two years or occurring every two years
A plant grown from seed that under normal conditions takes two years to complete its life cycle, developing a leafy tuft or rosette the first season then flowers, seeds and dies the second year
A plant whose life cycle extends over two growing seasons The first year the seed germinates and produces a seedling that usually remains short of the winter The second growing season the seedling rapidly grows, flowers, produces seeds and then dies
a plant that lives for two growing seasons, producing only leaves during the first season and flowers and seeds during the second
Plant which completes its life cycle, from germination, to flowering, to seed production, in two years Examples include carrots
Requiring two years to complete development and life cycle
Occurring every two years; a term applied to the regular session of the legislature
A plant with a two-year life cycle, it blooms and sets seed in the second year Back to alphabetical list
A plant that usually only lives two years, normally producing flowers and seed the second year
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 having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals"
Issued in alternate years Thus, published once every two years Compare Semiannual
Plants which require 2 growing seasons to complete a life cycle- i e to germinate, flower, seed & die
occurring every second year; "they met at biennial conventions
Occurring every two years The Legislature meets biennially NOTE: Biannual means "occurring every six months "
A plant that completes its life cycle in two years, and normally not producing flowers during the first year
occurring every second year; "they met at biennial conventions"
A biennial event happens or is done once every two years. the biennial Commonwealth conference. Any plant that completes its life cycle in two growing seasons. During the first growing season biennials produce roots, stems, and leaves; during the second they produce flowers, fruits, and seeds, and then die. Sugar beets and carrots are examples of biennials. See also annual, perennial
{s} occurring every two years; lasting two years; (Botany) living two years (of a plant)
A plant, which germinates in the first year and dies after blooming in the second year
Living for two years
Occurring every two years
Somwhat of a misnomer seeming to mean a plant that completes a life cycle in two years It actually is often applied to plants that generally take more than one season or yearly cycle to complete a life cycle Basically the term applies to plants that die at the end of a life cycle (they die after they produce seeds) but don't complete that cycle in one season Many plants take an indeterminate number of years to complete the growth necessary to reproduce See; perennial, annual, monocarpic
Occurring every two years; a term applied to the scheduled regular session of the legislature
Completing the cycle from seed to death in tow years or seasons
Lasting or living for two years A plant that normally requires two years to reach maturity
Whereas annuals complete their life cycle in a single year, biennials take two, flowering and setting seed on the second Biennials occasionally complete their growth cycle in a single year
Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp
A plant which exists or lasts for two years
A plant which completes its life cycle in two years Usually has leaves and stores food in underground parts the first year and then blooms, produces seeds and dies the second year
A plant which forms leaves in the first year, produces a flowering shoot in the second year, flowers, sets seed and dies
A plant that takes two years to complete its life cycle and produce seed
{i} event which occurs every two years; plant which completes its term of life within two years (Botany)
A plant that lives for two years Usually in rosette stage the first, then bolts to full plant stage the second
having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals"
A plant that lives for two growing seasons, producing vegeatative structure during the first season and flowers and seeds during the second
A plant that completes its life cycle in two years vegetative growth is achieved in the first year, with flowering and seeding in the second year
Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second
Occurring once in every two years
a biennial examination
Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election
biennially
Taking place every two years
biennially
Once in two years
biennially
every two years; "this festival takes places biennially
biennially
Every two years
biennially
every two years; "this festival takes places biennially"
biennially
once every two years
biennials
are plants that require two seasons to complete their life cycles (seed germination to seed production); the first for vegetative growth and the second for flowering and setting seed
biennials
Plants that only flower in the year following that in which they are sown
biennials
plural of biennial
biennials
Plants completing their life-cycle within two years The first year it produces leaves and stores food while the second year it produces fruit and seeds
biennials
Plants that live for two growing seasons
biennial

    Hyphenation

    bi·en·ni·al

    Turkish pronunciation

    bayeniıl

    Pronunciation

    /bīˈenēəl/ /baɪˈɛniːəl/

    Etymology

    () From Latin biennium (“two-year period”) bis (“two”) + annus (“year”).
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