biennial

biennial has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• a.. Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.
• a.. Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.
• n.. Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination.
• n.. A plant which exists or lasts for two years.
• n.. (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
• a.. having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals"
• a.. occurring every second year; "they met at biennial conventions"