biennial

  1. Adjective.  Happening every two years.
  2. Adjective.  Lasting for two years.
  3. Noun.  A plant that requires two years to complete its life-cycle, germinating and growing in its first year, then producing its flowers and fruit in its second year, after which it usually dies.

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