Perennial

Definitions

1. A plant that is active throughout the year, or has a life cycle of more than two growing seasons.
2. A thing that lasts forever.
   broadly
3. A person or thing (such as a problem) that appears or returns regularly.
   broadly

Equivalents

Examples

“One would have⟳ supposed from the appearance of the country at the end⟳ of the first season after the eruption that practically all plants except the trees and bushes had been destroyed, and that revegetation must be due to new seedlings started on the ash. Such, however, is not the case. Excavation of the root systems of the new plants shows that they are old perennials which have⟳ come⟳ through the ash from the old soil.”

“Some of the stars on our list are perennials who fill⟳ huge venues year after year after year, but there's also a returning superstar on our list of the hottest summer tours of 2019.”

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