biennial
noun/baɪˈeniəl/
/baɪˈeniəl/
- any plant that lives for two years, producing flowers in the second year compare annual, perennialTopics Plants and treesc2Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin biennis (from bi- ‘twice’ + annus ‘year’) + -al.
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