Biennial

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1. Adjective

Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.

2. Adjective

Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.

3. Noun

Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination.

4. Noun

A plant which exists or lasts for two years.

5. Noun

(botany) 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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