Browsing: biennial

Term: biennial (noun)
Plural: biennials
Derivation: From Latin "biennium," meaning "two-year period."
Definition: A biennial plant; 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. Compare annual and perennial.

Term: biennial (adjective)
Definition: Lasting for two years.

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