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PERENNATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perennation mean?
• PERENNATION (noun)
The noun PERENNATION has 1 sense:
1. the process of living through a number of years (as a perennial plant)
Familiarity information: PERENNATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of living through a number of years (as a perennial plant)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("perennation" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Derivation:
perennate (survive from season to season, of plants)
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