biennial
Occurring alternate years
Biennial means occurring every two years or lasting for two years.
A biennial election happens every other year.
In botany, biennial plants complete their life cycle over two growing seasons—producing leaves the first year, then flowering, seeding, and dying the second: Carrots and parsley are biennials.
As a noun, a biennial is an event held every two years: the Venice Biennale.
Compare with biannual, which means twice a year.
Tubular woodland flower
- hollyhockTall spike-flowering mallow
- parsleyCulinary herb for garnishing
- carrotEdible orange taproot
- beetDark red root vegetable
cabbage · onion · celery · Swiss chard · stock · lunaria · black-eyed Susan · evening primrose
Spanning twenty-four months
- biannualTwice per year
- alternatingOccurring in turns
- periodicOccurring at intervals
- cyclicalRepeating in rounds
recurring · quadrennial · triennial · quinquennial · decennial · midterm · regular · scheduled
Organism's full developmental sequence
- boltingDeparting at speed
- overwinterSurvive the cold season
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
- hardyAble to endure difficulty
seed production · germination · propagation · cultivation · horticulture
Public display of items
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
fair · showcase · competition · tournament · art fair · gathering · summit · expo
foxglove
Tubular woodland flower
beet · cabbage · onion · celery · Swiss chard · stock · lunaria · black-eyed Susan · evening primrose · mullein
two-year
Spanning twenty-four months
- biannualTwice per year
- alternatingOccurring in turns
- periodicOccurring at intervals
cyclical · recurring · quadrennial · triennial · quinquennial · decennial · midterm · regular · scheduled · interval
life cycle
Organism's full developmental sequence
- boltingDeparting at speed
- overwinterSurvive the cold season
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
seed production · hardy · germination · propagation · cultivation · horticulture
exhibition
Public display of items
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
convention · fair · showcase · competition · tournament · art fair · gathering · summit · expo · retrospective
- timesecond, minute, hour, day, seconds
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- art exhibitionsgalleries, art shows, exhibits, gallery shows, group show
- Art Festivalsart fair, art expo, art walk, gallery night, art crawl
- art spacesart gallery, art museum, gallery, art studio, sculpture garden
- bi- wordsbiannual, biathlon, bicameral, bicentennial, bicycle
biennialnonperiodic
Not recurring at intervals
irregular · sporadic · random · occasional · intermittent
- biennial eventSomething occurring every second year