biennial

Pluralbiennials

1. 1
   every two yearsadjective

   Happening one time every two years.

   The town holds a biennial art fair in the park.

   Our family reunion is biennial, so we only see our cousins every other summer.

   UsageBiennial means every two years. Biannual usually means twice a year.

2. 2
   nouncountable

   An event that is held one time every two years.

   The town's music biennial is coming back next spring.

   Artists from forty countries took part in the biennial.

   Similarbiennale

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3. 3
   plantnouncountable

   A plant that lives for two years, growing in the first year and flowering in the second, then usually dying.

   This foxglove is a biennial, so it won't bloom until next summer.

   My grandmother plants new biennials every spring so some are always in flower.

4. 4
   adjective

   Going on for two years.

   The state has a biennial budget that covers two years at a time.

   This flower is biennial, so each plant lives for just two years.

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