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perenniation en · NOUN

Etymology

From perennial + -ation.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The process or property of living for more than one year.
    • 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:
    • 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:
    • It is always perennial, has a woody lignotuber that aids perenniation and regrowth after frost, fire or flood, it can produce large yields of very nutritious seed, and it thrives on clay soils. 2016, John R Lazier, Nazeer Ahmad, Tropical Forage Legumes, →ISBN: