biennial

  • (a) having a life cycle lasting two seasons
    • a biennial life cycle
    • parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals
    two-year,
  • (s) occurring every second year
    • they met at biennial conventions
    biyearly,

Nouns

  • (n) (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

Synonyms

two-year biyearly

Antonyms

perennial annual one-year

Words of close approximity

biennially