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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
/ ²ú²¹ÉªËˆÉ›²Ôɪə±ô /
adjective
- occurring every two years
- lasting two years Compare biannual
biennial
/ ²úÄ«-Ä•²Ô′ŧ-É™±ô /
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
- ²ú¾±Ëˆ±ð²Ô²Ô¾±²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²ú¾±Â·±ð²Ô·²Ô¾±Â·²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of biennial1
Example Sentences
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.
Thirteen years on from his untimely death, the influence of the continent's most charismatic star is enduringly felt when Europe take on the USA in their biennial jousts.
“The current biennial proposal puts costs and profits above the health and safety of Californians,†he said.
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