perennialize

English

Etymology

perennial +‎ -ize

Verb

1. (botany, intransitive) To return year after year as a perennial.
   • 2000, Tom Peace, Sunbelt Gardening: Success in Hot-Weather Climates (page 64)

     I recommend spending your bulb budget on bulbs that will perennialize in the garden, and if you need big tulips, purchase a bunch from the local florist.

2. (botany, transitive) To make perennial.
   • 2007 June 5, Jim Robbins, “A Perennial Search for Perfect Wheat”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The quest here is one of several around the world, to perennialize everything from sorghum to chickpeas to sunflowers.

Translations

to return as perennial

• Finnish: perennoida
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to make perennial

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