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perennate
per·en·nate [ pérrə nàyt, pə ré nàyt ] (past and past participle per·en·nat·ed, present participle per·en·nat·ing, 3rd person present singular per·en·nates)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
survive between growing seasons: to survive from one growing season to the next with reduced or arrested growth between seasons
[Early 17th century. < Latin perennat-, past participle of perennare "last for years" < perennis (see perennial)]

per·en·na·tion [ pèrrə náysh'n ] noun
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