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perenniation

perenniation noun: the process or property of living for more than one year.

Noun

perenniation (uncountable)

  1. The process or property of living for more than one year.
    • Rees et al. (1999) found that in O. illyricum bolting is dependent on rosettes reaching a critical size, so that stresses such as rosette herbivory may reduce plant size and thus promote perenniation of rosettes.2000, Neal R. Spencer, Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Biological Control
    • Perenniation of phytoplankton in rivers arises from surviving periphytic and benthic populations, often of backwater areas (Reynolds and Descy, 1996).2001, Robert G. Wetzel, Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems, →ISBN, page 371

Origin of perenniation

From perennial + -ation.

Questions about perenniation

What does perenniation mean?
Perenniation means the process or property of living for more than one year.
What part of speech is perenniation?
Perenniation is a noun.

Words near perenniation in the dictionary

  1. perennializes
  2. perennializing
  3. perennially
  4. perennialness
  5. perennials
  6. perenniation
  7. perennibranch
  8. perennibranchiate
  9. perennibranchs
  10. perennities
  11. perennity

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