Associations to the word «Biennial»

Wiktionary

BIENNIAL, adjective. Happening every two years.
BIENNIAL, adjective. Lasting for two years.
BIENNIAL, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

BIENNIAL, noun. (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.
BIENNIAL, adjective. Having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals".
BIENNIAL, adjective. Occurring every second year; "they met at biennial conventions".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats