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biennial

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"lasting for two years" (1620s); "occurring every two years" (1750), from Latin biennium "two-year period," from bi- (see bi- ) + annus "year" (see annual ). The vowel change is "due to the Latin phonetic law according to which the unaccented and closed ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ However, the biennial consideration of High Court Interlocutory fees produced an uprating of just under ten percent over two years. ▪ Since 1982 biennial national surveys conducted by the Office of Population Censuses and ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 happen every two years. 2 last for two years. n. A plant that requires two years to complete its life-cycle, germinate and growing in its first year, then producing its flowers and fruit in its second year, after which it usually dies.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Biennial means (an event) lasting for two years or occurring every two years. In particular, it can refer to: Biennial plant , a plant which blooms in its second year and then dies Biennale , the Italian word for "biennial" and a term used within the art ...

Usage examples of biennial.

This peculiar fact imparted to the contest a degree of personal acrimony and political rancor never before exhibited in the biennial election of representatives in Congress.

During the biennial Panics when the raw, pealed Dream Police storm the City, the Mugwumps take refuge in the deepest crevices of the wall sealing themselves in clay cubicles and remain for weeks in biostasis.

Exceptions included the Scotch or Cotton thistle, a biennial growing up to five feet with striking, sculptured leaves, covered with white cob webby hairs and .

Roof that, on a biennial basis, a psychopomp arrived to address the problem.

It was fortunate for the men of the Roof that, on a biennial basis, a psychopomp arrived to address the problem.

The jet touched down at Le Bourget an airfield now normally used only for private flying, and of course the biennial Paris Air Show.

At the biennial European Defense Exposition, which opened its doors to invitation-only customers on Monday, you can try out and buy Iranian tanks, French armor-piercing rockets, and Chilean antitank mines.

After some thought, I put the biennials, where I knew how they reproducedthe onions and garlic-in with this group.

After some thought, I put the biennials, where I knew how they reproduced—the onions and garlic—in with this group.

Recorded a joychoice at the proper time—bird watching—but one can suspect he did so primarily to comply with tradition since he did nothing with this purported avocation for a number of years, to be precise, nothing until a little over two years ago, when he began showing a strong interest in tracking avian migrations and applied for leave to follow the greater blueback on its biennial flights.

The commercial drug presents three varieties, distinguished by the trade names 'Annual,' 'First biennial' (the leaves from the biennial plant in its first year), and 'biennial,' or 'Second biennial,' the official drug, which is scarce and high-priced, the first two kinds commanding lower prices.