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per·en·nate

P0186550 (pĕr′ə-nāt′, pə-rĕn′āt)intr.v. per·en·nat·ed, per·en·nat·ing, per·en·nates To survive from one growing season to the next, often with a period of reduced or arrested growth between seasons. Used of plants or plant parts.

[Latin perennāre, perennāt-, to last many years, from perennis, lasting for years; see perennial.]

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(ˌpɛrɪˈneɪʃən) n (Botany) botany the survival of a plant through the winter or dry season

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perennation - the process of living through a number of years (as a perennial plant)plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotionbiological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms

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noun the process of living through a number of years (as a perennial plant)

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