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Meaning of Perennial | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
pəˈɹɛn.ɪ.əl

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.
  3. A person or thing (such as a problem) that appears or returns regularly.

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.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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