— perenniality , n. — perennially , adv.
/peuh ren"ee euhl/ , adj.
1. lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
2. (of plants) having a life cycle lasting more than two years.
3. lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream.
4. perpetual; everlasting; continuing; recurrent.
n.
5. a perennial plant: Daffodils and tulips are perennials.
6. something that is continuing or recurrent.
[ 1635-45; perenni ( s ) lasting the whole year through ( per- PER- + -enn-, comb. form of annus year + -is adj. suffix) + -AL 1 ]
Syn. 1. perdurable; constant, incessant, continual. 4. imperishable, undying, eternal, immortal.