perennate

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verb

To survive from one growing season to the next

Scrabble 11

Meanings

verbperennate (third-person singular simple present perennates, present participle perennating, simple past and past participle perennated)

present singular third person perennates · participle present perennating · participle past perennated · past perennated

  1. biologyTo survive from one growing season to the next

Origin

  1. Latinperennō
  2. Englishperennate

From Latin perennō.

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