1. ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains.
2. Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing. The perennial existence of bodies corporate. Burke.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant.
Syn. — Perpetual; unceasing; never failing; enduring; continual; permanent; uninterrupted.
PERENNIAL
Per*en"ni*al, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.
PERENNIALLY
Per*en"ni*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a perennial manner.
PERENNIBRANCHIATA
Per*en`ni*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Perennial, and
Branchia.] (Zoöl.)