perennial

perennial
1.
[pə'renjəl]adjective
1) (lasting all year) ganzjährig
2) (lasting indefinitely) immer während; ewig [Jugend, Mythos, Suche]; immer wieder auftretend [Problem]
3) (Bot.) ausdauernd
2. noun
(Bot.) ausdauernde Pflanze
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[pə'reniəl]
noun, adjective
((a plant) which lasts for more than two years: Daffodils are perennial plants; They are perennials.) winterharte Pflanzen, winterhart
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per·en·nial
[pəˈreniəl]
I. n mehrjährige Pflanze
II. adj attr, inv
1. (not annual) mehrjährig, perennierend fachspr
2. (constant) immer während; (repeated) immer wiederkehrend attr
\perennial beauty/truth unsterbliche Schönheit/Wahrheit
\perennial favourite Dauerbrenner m
\perennial problem ewiges Problem
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[pə'renɪəl]
1. adj
plant mehrjährig, perennierend; (= perpetual, constant) immer während, ewig; (= regularly recurring) immer wiederkehrend

buying Christmas presents is a perennial problem — der Kauf von Weihnachtsgeschenken ist ein alljährlich wiederkehrendes Problem

2. n (BOT)
perennierende or mehrjährige Pflanze
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perennial [pəˈrenjəl; -nıəl]
A adj (adv perennially)
1. das Jahr oder Jahre hindurch dauernd, beständig:
perennial river perennierender (dauernd Wasser führender) Fluss
2. immerwährend, anhaltend:
the perennial loser der ewige Verlierer
3. BOT perennierend, ausdauernd
B s BOT perennierende Pflanze
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1.
[pə'renjəl]adjective
1) (lasting all year) ganzjährig
2) (lasting indefinitely) immer während; ewig [Jugend, Mythos, Suche]; immer wieder auftretend [Problem]
3) (Bot.) ausdauernd
2. noun
(Bot.) ausdauernde Pflanze
* * *
adj.
beständig adj.
dauernd adj.

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