Definition:
n. lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
Example:
These plants are hardy perennial and will bloom for many years.
Sentence in Classic:
But roses only bloom in summer; whereas the fine carnation of their cheeks is perennial as sunlight in the seventh heavens.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextIn particular, the collar on one of them had been neatly mended, although hitherto its state of dilapidation had been such as perennially to allow the stuffing to protrude through the leather.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
ContextHis father was the kind of man who delights in a charming woman: who quotes her, stimulates her, and keeps her perennially charming.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
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