Perennial
adjective
Lasting or being relevant for a long time.
Her perennial beauty always charmed the crowd.
Often appears as...
- perennial beauty
- perennial problem
adjective
Living for several years.
A rose is a perennial plant, which means it lives for many years.
Often appears as...
- perennial plant
- perennial herb
noun
A plant that lives for several years.
Many herbs, like mint and thyme, are perennials.
Often appears as...
- herbaceous perennial
- hardy perennial
adjective
Lasting or being relevant for a long time.
Her perennial beauty always charmed the crowd.
Often appears as...
- perennial beauty
- perennial problem
adjective
Living for several years.
A rose is a perennial plant, which means it lives for many years.
Often appears as...
- perennial plant
- perennial herb
noun
A plant that lives for several years.
Many herbs, like mint and thyme, are perennials.
Often appears as...
- herbaceous perennial
- hardy perennial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Timeless Appeal
Use 'perennial' to describe timeless qualities or phenomena that remain consistently important.
The playwright's wit is a perennial source of inspiration.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Seasonal
'Perennial' items are not restricted to a season or trend, they last through changes.
That song has a perennial place on the charts.
Pro Tip 3/3Continual Issues
In discussions of problems, 'perennial' indicates issues that are constant or recurrent over years.
Funding for education is a perennial issue.
Pro Tip 1/3Timeless Appeal
Use 'perennial' to describe timeless qualities or phenomena that remain consistently important.
The playwright's wit is a perennial source of inspiration.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Seasonal
'Perennial' items are not restricted to a season or trend, they last through changes.
That song has a perennial place on the charts.
Pro Tip 3/3Continual Issues
In discussions of problems, 'perennial' indicates issues that are constant or recurrent over years.
Funding for education is a perennial issue.
Pro Tip 1/3Timeless Appeal
Use 'perennial' to describe timeless qualities or phenomena that remain consistently important.
The playwright's wit is a perennial source of inspiration.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Seasonal
'Perennial' items are not restricted to a season or trend, they last through changes.
That song has a perennial place on the charts.
Pro Tip 3/3Continual Issues
In discussions of problems, 'perennial' indicates issues that are constant or recurrent over years.
Funding for education is a perennial issue.
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Dean Ornish: Healing...
And depression is treatable. We need to do something about that. Now on the other hand, anything that promotes intimacy is healing. It can be sexual intimacy -- I happen to think healing energy and erotic energy are just different forms of the same thing. Friendship, altruism, compassion, service -- all the perennial truths that we talked about
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Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
invasive species come in as I've said a few times before via the extensive river systems that come in from the West I showed you that photo of the map that entire map runs from north to south and all the rivers come in from the West so those perennial rivers those free-flowing rivers that flow all year
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Beth Noveck: Demand a...
the institutions that we have. Now, it's very easy to complain, of course, about partisan politics and entrenched bureaucracy, and we love to complain about government. It's a perennial pastime, especially around election time, but the world is complex. We soon will have 10 billion people,
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The power to think ahead...
that the way that most crops are grown around the world today is stripping the earth of the fertile topsoil we need to feed future generations. He got together with a group of scientists, and they bred perennial grain crops which have deep roots that anchor the fertile topsoil of a farm,
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Demand a more...
the institutions that we have now it's very easy to complain of course about partisan politics and entrenched bureaucracy and we love to complain about government it's a perennial pastime especially around election time but the world is complex we soon will
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Are we ready for...
about longevity ah the majority that makes me feel very good as a doctor if you could have any one of these it would be a very different world is it just imaginary or is it perhaps possible evolution has been a perennial topic
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Harvey Fineberg: Are we...
Ah, the majority. That makes me feel very good as a doctor. If you could have any one of these, it would be a very different world. Is it just imaginary? Or, is it, perhaps, possible? Evolution has been a perennial topic
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The building of...
minutes I mean this was a competitive atmosphere every new phase of construction required a new invention every new invention was part of a competition and Filippo won many of them and he did it in a state of perennial
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A Forest Garden With 500...
is called succession in southwest England an unusual forest is growing nut trees fruit trees shrubs and perennials are planted in a way that mimics a natural woodland this forest garden is the life's work of Martin
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A climate change...
And we can accomplish this by putting in place deep-rooted perennial plants, putting back forests whenever possible, reducing tillage and other disturbances from agricultural practices,
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Dean Ornish: Healing...
And depression is treatable. We need to do something about that. Now on the other hand, anything that promotes intimacy is healing. It can be sexual intimacy -- I happen to think healing energy and erotic energy are just different forms of the same thing. Friendship, altruism, compassion, service -- all the perennial truths that we talked about
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
invasive species come in as I've said a few times before via the extensive river systems that come in from the West I showed you that photo of the map that entire map runs from north to south and all the rivers come in from the West so those perennial rivers those free-flowing rivers that flow all year
Video examples
Beth Noveck: Demand a...
the institutions that we have. Now, it's very easy to complain, of course, about partisan politics and entrenched bureaucracy, and we love to complain about government. It's a perennial pastime, especially around election time, but the world is complex. We soon will have 10 billion people,
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The power to think ahead...
that the way that most crops are grown around the world today is stripping the earth of the fertile topsoil we need to feed future generations. He got together with a group of scientists, and they bred perennial grain crops which have deep roots that anchor the fertile topsoil of a farm,
Video examples
Demand a more...
the institutions that we have now it's very easy to complain of course about partisan politics and entrenched bureaucracy and we love to complain about government it's a perennial pastime especially around election time but the world is complex we soon will
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Are we ready for...
about longevity ah the majority that makes me feel very good as a doctor if you could have any one of these it would be a very different world is it just imaginary or is it perhaps possible evolution has been a perennial topic
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Harvey Fineberg: Are we...
Ah, the majority. That makes me feel very good as a doctor. If you could have any one of these, it would be a very different world. Is it just imaginary? Or, is it, perhaps, possible? Evolution has been a perennial topic
Video examples
The building of...
minutes I mean this was a competitive atmosphere every new phase of construction required a new invention every new invention was part of a competition and Filippo won many of them and he did it in a state of perennial
Video examples
A Forest Garden With 500...
is called succession in southwest England an unusual forest is growing nut trees fruit trees shrubs and perennials are planted in a way that mimics a natural woodland this forest garden is the life's work of Martin
Video examples
A climate change...
And we can accomplish this by putting in place deep-rooted perennial plants, putting back forests whenever possible, reducing tillage and other disturbances from agricultural practices,
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Glennon Doyle Melton
American Author
I think of love and marriage in the same way I do plants: We have perennials and annuals. The perennial plant blooms, goes away, and comes back. The annual blooms for just a season, and then winter arrives and takes it out for good. But it's still enriched the soil for the next flower to bloom. In the same way, no love is wasted.
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Brian J. White
American Actor
My mother was a secretary that elevated herself to having her own international company, my father elevated himself to an NBA player and perennial all-star. So I learned from my parents that it's about hard work, about both of them getting their education, putting people first and leading a life of integrity.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I'm perennially intrigued how people who lead largely evidence-based lives can, in a belief-based part of their mind, be certain that an invisible, divine entity created an entire universe just for us, or that the government is stockpiling space aliens in a secret desert location.
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Rick Perlstein
American Historian
History does not repeat itself. Nor does it unfold in cycles. The real future is contingent, rich beyond imagining, a perennial gobsmack, tragic and glorious in equal measure; the pundits' future, spun of 'conventional wisdom,' is only a sucker punch to that common-sense fact.
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Vera Farmiga
American Actress
Offers come all the time, but I'm pretty particular. I really have to be wowed by a character I encounter in a script, or a storyline. I really do need to feel inspiration, otherwise I'm just happy planting perennials and making goat cheese.
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Prunella Scales
English Actress
It's strange how 'Fawlty' has become a perennial. I keep meeting new generations of schoolboys who know the lines better than I did when I said them. The program has sensational sales in video. I'm mercifully on a small percentage.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Turkey must find its place if, of course, it can heal its internal sores, and none is more malignant than the perennial Kurdish issue.
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Steve Zahn
American Actor
I'm huge on spring and summer gardening. I'm really proud of my perennial beds. That's a passion of mine.
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Jason Reynolds
American Author
The feeling of self-discovery, for me, is perennial.
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Edmund Burke
Irish Statesman
Falsehood is a perennial spring.
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Glennon Doyle Melton
American Author
I think of love and marriage in the same way I do plants: We have perennials and annuals. The perennial plant blooms, goes away, and comes back. The annual blooms for just a season, and then winter arrives and takes it out for good. But it's still enriched the soil for the next flower to bloom. In the same way, no love is wasted.
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Brian J. White
American Actor
My mother was a secretary that elevated herself to having her own international company, my father elevated himself to an NBA player and perennial all-star. So I learned from my parents that it's about hard work, about both of them getting their education, putting people first and leading a life of integrity.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I'm perennially intrigued how people who lead largely evidence-based lives can, in a belief-based part of their mind, be certain that an invisible, divine entity created an entire universe just for us, or that the government is stockpiling space aliens in a secret desert location.
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Rick Perlstein
American Historian
History does not repeat itself. Nor does it unfold in cycles. The real future is contingent, rich beyond imagining, a perennial gobsmack, tragic and glorious in equal measure; the pundits' future, spun of 'conventional wisdom,' is only a sucker punch to that common-sense fact.
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Vera Farmiga
American Actress
Offers come all the time, but I'm pretty particular. I really have to be wowed by a character I encounter in a script, or a storyline. I really do need to feel inspiration, otherwise I'm just happy planting perennials and making goat cheese.
Quote examples
Prunella Scales
English Actress
It's strange how 'Fawlty' has become a perennial. I keep meeting new generations of schoolboys who know the lines better than I did when I said them. The program has sensational sales in video. I'm mercifully on a small percentage.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Turkey must find its place if, of course, it can heal its internal sores, and none is more malignant than the perennial Kurdish issue.
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Steve Zahn
American Actor
I'm huge on spring and summer gardening. I'm really proud of my perennial beds. That's a passion of mine.
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Jason Reynolds
American Author
The feeling of self-discovery, for me, is perennial.
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Edmund Burke
Irish Statesman
Falsehood is a perennial spring.
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