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biennial
[ bahy-en-ee-uhl ]
adjective
- happening every two years:
biennial games.
- lasting or enduring for two years:
a biennial life cycle.
- Botany. completing its normal term of life in two years, flowering and fruiting the second year, as beets or winter wheat.
noun
- any event occurring once in two years.
- Botany. a biennial plant.
biennial
/ ɪˈɛɪə /
adjective
- occurring every two years
- lasting two years Compare biannual
biennial
Adjective
- Completing a life cycle normally in two growing seasons.
Noun
- A biennial plant. In the first year, biennials normally produce a short stem, a rosette of leaves, and a fleshy root that acts as food supply. In the second season, biennials blossom, produce seed, use up their food supply, and die. Carrots, parsnips, and sugar beets are examples of biennials.
- Compare annual
Confusables Note
Derived Forms
- ˈԲԾ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ··Ծ·· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of biennial1
Example Sentences
The fourth biennial Scent Fair L.A. will celebrate everything olfactory in the heart of the museum district at Craft Contemporary.
Booth then turned his attention to the biennial WTC, suggesting the tournament should run across four years rather than two.
The Americans were favourites to win a fourth successive title after domineering victories in the previous three editions of the biennial event.
You are at a ceremonial site, but here the ritual is distinctive and contemporary: The pomp and circumstance in biennial art exhibitions like Desert X beckon the faithful to assemble from far and wide.
The seventh edition of the biennial, which spotlights the work of regional artists, is curated by Essence Harden and Paulina Pobocha.
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