perenniation

English

Etymology

perennial +‎ -ation

Noun

perenniation (uncountable)

  1. (botany) The process or property of living for more than one year.
    • 2000, Neal R. Spencer, Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Biological Control:
      Rees et al. (1999) found that in O. illyricum bolting is dependent on rosettes reaching a critical size, so that stresses such as rosette herbivory may reduce plant size and thus promote perenniation of rosettes.
    • 2001, Robert G. Wetzel, Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems, →ISBN, page 371:
      Perenniation of phytoplankton in rivers arises from surviving periphytic and benthic populations, often of backwater areas (Reynolds and Descy, 1996).
    • 2016, John R Lazier & ‎Nazeer Ahmad, Tropical Forage Legumes, →ISBN:
      It is always perennial, has a woody lignotuber that aids perenniation and regrowth after frost, fire or flood, it can produce large yields of very nutritious seed, and it thrives on clay soils.
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