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perennate

perennate verb: to survive from one growing season to the next.

Verb

perennate (third-person singular simple present perennates, present participle perennating, simple past and past participle perennated)

  1. To survive from one growing season to the next

Forms of perennate

third-person singular presentperennates
present participleperennating
past participleperennated
pastperennated

Origin of perennate

From Latin perennō.

Questions about perennate

What does perennate mean?
Perennate means to survive from one growing season to the next.
What part of speech is perennate?
Perennate is a verb.
What is the past tense of perennate?
The past tense of perennate is perennated.

Words near perennate in the dictionary

  1. perendinate
  2. perendinated
  3. perendinates
  4. perendinating
  5. Perenjori
  6. perennate
  7. perennated
  8. perennates
  9. perennating
  10. perennation
  11. perennial

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