perpetual
[ per-pech-oo-uhl ]
/ pərˈpɛtʃ u əl /
adjective
continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
lasting an indefinitely long time: perpetual snow.
continuing or continued without intermission or interruption; ceaseless: a perpetual stream of visitors all day.
blooming almost continuously throughout the season or the year.
noun
a hybrid rose that is perpetual.
a perennial plant.
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perpetual
/ (pəˈpɛtjʊəl) /
adjective
(usually prenominal)
eternal; permanent
(usually prenominal)
seemingly ceaseless because often repeated
your perpetual complaints
horticulture
blooming throughout the growing season or year
noun
(of a crop plant) continually producing edible parts: perpetual spinach
a plant that blooms throughout the growing season
Derived forms of perpetual
perpetually, adverbWord Origin for perpetual
C14: via Old French from Latin
perpetuālis universal, from
perpes continuous, from
per- (thoroughly) +
petere to go towards