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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abiding, age-long, aged, amphibian, ancient, angiosperm, annual, antique, aquatic plant, articulated, biennial, catenated, ceaseless, chattering, chronic, concatenated, connected, constant, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, cosmopolite, cutting, cyclical, deciduous, deciduous plant, dicot, dicotyledon, direct, diuturnal, durable, endless, enduring, ephemeral, eternal, ever-blooming, ever-new, evergreen, everlasting, exotic, featureless, flowering plant, fungus, gametophyte, gapless, gymnosperm, half-hardy, hardy, hydrophyte, immediate, immortal, immutable, imperishable, incessant, indeciduous, interminable, intransient, inveterate, joined, jointless, lasting, lifelong, linked, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, long-term, longeval, longevous, machine gun, macrobiotic, monocot, monocotyl, monotonous, never-ending, never-failing, nonstop, of long duration, of long standing, old, oscillating, perdurable, perduring, periodic, permanent, perpetual, persistent, persisting, plant, polycot, polycotyl, polycotyledon, pulsating, rapid, recurrent, regular, remaining, repeated, repetitive, round-the-clock, running, seamless, seed plant, seedling, sempervirent, sempiternal, serried, smooth, spermatophyte, sporophyte, stable, staccato, staying, steadfast, steady, straight, stuttering, sustained, thallophyte, timeless, tough, triennial, twenty-four-hour, unbroken, unceasing, unchanging, undifferentiated, undying, unending, unfading, unfailing, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unrelieved, unremitting, unstopped, unvarying, vascular plant, vegetable, vibrating, vital, weed
Dictionary Results for perennial:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
perennial
    adj 1: lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a
           popular perennial plant" [ant: annual, biennial,
           one-year, two-year]
    2: lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal;
       "perennial happiness"
    3: recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate
       the requirements" [syn: perennial, recurrent, repeated]
    n 1: (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Perennial \Per*en"ni*al\ (p[e^]r*[e^]n"n[i^]*al), a. [L.
   perennis that lasts the whole year through; per through +
   annus year. See Per-, and Annual.]
   1. Lasting or continuing through the year; as, perennial
      fountains.
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   2. Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual;
      unceasing; never failing.
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            The perennial existence of bodies corporate.
                                                  --Burke.
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   3. (Bot.) Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial
      steam, or root, or plant.
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   Syn: Perpetual; unceasing; never failing; enduring;
        continual; permanent; uninterrupted.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Perennial \Per*en"ni*al\, n. (Bot.)
   A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than
   two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.
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