perennial
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more
Types & categories
- plant life hypernym
- button snakeroot hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
lasting three seasons or more
the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant
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Sense 3 adjective
lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal
perennial happiness
Related & opposite
- long similar to
Sense 4 adjective
recurring again and again
perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements
Related & opposite
- recurrence derivation
- recur derivation
- continual similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | perennate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | perennial |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | phytology |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant life |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | button snakeroot |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | annual |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | biennial |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | perennial |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | phytology |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | long |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | recurrence |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | recur |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | continual |