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Six example sentences with perennial, each labelled with its topic.
Deep-rooted perennial grasses hold the riverbank through drought and flood, returning every spring without anyone replanting a single seed.
Environment
The chef keeps a perennial herb bed outside the kitchen, so the same thyme and sage return year after year.
Cooking
Rooftop gardens on the new library use perennial plantings, so the terrace fills in again each spring with no replanting budget.
Architecture
Botanists distinguish a perennial plant by its roots, which survive underground through winters that kill the leaves.
Science
The monastery garden grows perennial roses planted a century ago, still blooming for visitors each June.
Travel
The nursery earns most in spring selling perennial stock, since customers pay more for plants that return every year.
Business
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