Associations to the word «Perennial»

Wiktionary

PERENNIAL, adjective. Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time.
PERENNIAL, adjective. (botany) (of a plant) Having a life cycle of more than two years. Compare annual, biennial.
PERENNIAL, adjective. (figuratively) Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; permanent; unceasing; never failing.
PERENNIAL, adjective. (figuratively) Enduring; lasting; timeless.
PERENNIAL, adjective. (figuratively) Recurrent; appearing or recurring again and again.
PERENNIAL, noun. A perennial plant; a plant that is active throughout the year or survives for more than two growing seasons. Compare annual, biennial.
PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY, noun. Philosophia perennis.

Dictionary definition

PERENNIAL, noun. (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more.
PERENNIAL, adjective. Lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant".
PERENNIAL, adjective. Lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; "perennial happiness".
PERENNIAL, adjective. Recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements".

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