English word annual comes from Latin annus (Time; season. Year.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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annus | Latin (lat) | Time; season. Year. |
annualis | Latin (lat) | One-year-old. |
annuālem | Late Latin (LL) | |
annual | English (en) | (botany, of a plant) Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season; e.g. beans, corn, marigold. See Annual plant in Wikipedia. Compare biennial, perennial.. (entomology) Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.. Happening once every year.. Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by [...] |