perennial
per|en|nial /pər'eniəl/ (perennials)
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
You use perennial to describe situations or states that keep occurring or which seem to exist all the time; used especially to describe problems or difficulties.
...the perennial urban problems of drugs and homelessness...
= constant
● perennially [ADV] usu ADV adj
Both services are perennially short of staff.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A perennial plant lives for several years and has flowers each year.
...a perennial herb with greenish-yellow flowers.
[N-COUNT]
Perennial is also a noun.
...a low-growing perennial.
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
You use perennial to describe situations or states that keep occurring or which seem to exist all the time; used especially to describe problems or difficulties.
...the perennial urban problems of drugs and homelessness...
= constant
● perennially [ADV] usu ADV adj
Both services are perennially short of staff.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A perennial plant lives for several years and has flowers each year.
...a perennial herb with greenish-yellow flowers.
[N-COUNT]
Perennial is also a noun.
...a low-growing perennial.