Look up: biennial

1. Biennial
   a plant with a lifespan of two years. Often only flowers and sets seed during the second year.
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2. Biennial
   A plant that will require two growing seasons to complete its life cycle. In the first year leaves. In the second year has blooms and seeds (i.e. foxglove, hollyhock, rose campion.)
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3. Biennial
   A plant that takes two years to complete its life cycle. It produces leafy growth in its first year and then flowers and sets seed during the following season before dying.
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4. biennial
   [adj] - occurring every second year 2. [adj] - (botany) having a life cycle lasting two seasons 3. [n] - a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete
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5. Biennial
   A plant completing its life-cycle in more than 12 months, but less than 24. Generally, biennials do not flower until their second year.
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6. Biennial
   A plant survives for just two growing season. It germinates and forms leaves during its first year and produces flowers and sets seeds in its second year before dying
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7. Biennial
   From germination, flowering and death in two years.
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8. Biennial
   An exhibition held every second year
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9. Biennial
   A frequency of every two years
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10. Biennial
    A plant which forms leaves in the first year, produces a flowering shoot in the second year, flowers, sets seed and dies.
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11. Biennial
    Bi·en'ni·al adjective [ Latin biennalis and biennis , from biennium a space of two years; bis twice + annus year. Confer Annual .] 1. Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial...
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12. Biennial
    Bi·en'ni·al noun 1. Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination. 2. (Botany) A plant which exists or lasts for two years.
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13. biennial
    A plant whose life cycle extends for more than one but less than two years after germination. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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14. biennial
    adjective occurring every second year; `they met at biennial conventions`
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15. biennial
    adjective having a life cycle lasting two seasons; `a biennial life cycle`; `parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals`
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16. biennial
    noun 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
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17. Biennial
    • (a.) Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election. • (n.) Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination. • (a.) Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and p...
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18. biennial
    (from the article `angiosperm`) ...corn (maize; Zea mays; Cyperales), and squashes (Cucurbita; Violales), as well as among the wildflowers, such as some buttercups (Ranunculus) and ... ...Annuals are plants that complete the entire life history (germinate from seeds, mature, flower, and produce seed) in one growing season. Examples ... ...
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19. biennial
    biennial 1. Happening every two years. 2. Used to describe a plant that lives for two years and produces flowers and fruit in the second year. Note: biannual means 'twice a year'; which is, within the same year.
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20. Biennial
    Any plant needing two seasons of growth (with a dormant period between growth stages) to complete its life cycle, from seed to seed. In the first year, plants form vegetative growth and in the second year they flower.
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21. biennial
    biennial, plant requiring two years to complete its life cycle, as distinguished from an annual or a perennial. In the first year a biennial usually produces a rosette of leaves (e.g., the cabbage) and a fleshy root, which acts as a food reserve over the winter. During the second year the plant prod...
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22. Biennial
    Biennial refers to plants that live for two years, growing in the first year and flowering and fruiting in the second.
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23. Biennial
    Normally living two years.
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24. BIENNIAL
    The term used for the process of growing a plant one year to flower the following year.
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25. Biennial
    A plant that normally requires two seasons to complete its life cycle, growing regularly as a rosette in the first season and producing flowers and fruits and then dying in the second season. Having a life cycle that usually takes two growing seasons to complete.
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