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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

perennialize en · VERB

Etymology

From perennial + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To return year after year as a perennial.
    • I recommend spending your bulb budget on bulbs that will perennialize in the garden, and if you need big tulips, purchase a bunch from the local florist. 2000, Tom Peace, Sunbelt Gardening: Success in Hot-Weather Climates, page 64:
  2. (transitive) To make perennial.
    • The quest here is one of several around the world, to perennialize everything from sorghum to chickpeas to sunflowers. 2007 June 5, Jim Robbins, “A Perennial Search for Perfect Wheat”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
perennializes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
perennialized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
perennialized Tense=Past lexicographic
perennializing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

perennialization

Translations (1)

fi perennoida (to return as perennial)