A Quick and Simple Dictionary

annual

1. Adjective.  Happening once every year.
2. Adjective.  Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also (term, circannual) .
3. Adjective.  (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 (term, biennial) , (term, perennial) .
4. Adjective.  (entomology) Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.
5. Noun.  An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication.
6. Noun.  (botany) An annual plant; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturally germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Compare (term, biennial) , (term, perennial) .