"perennialize" meaning in English

See perennialize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: perennializes [present, singular, third-person], perennializing [participle, present], perennialized [participle, past], perennialized [past]
Etymology: perennial + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|perennial|ize}} perennial + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} perennialize (third-person singular simple present perennializes, present participle perennializing, simple past and past participle perennialized)
  1. (botany, intransitive) To return year after year as a perennial. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-perennialize-en-verb-G~aCdpaz Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. (botany, transitive) To make perennial. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Botany Translations (to return as perennial): perennoida (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-perennialize-en-verb-aB97RpJ~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 32 68 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'to return as perennial': 43 57

Inflected forms

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