"Perennial" is a word in ENGLISH
Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual;
unceasing; never failing.
Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam,
or root, or plant.
A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more
than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.
ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial
fountains.
Perhaps there are many "nows" of varying duration, depending on just what it is we are doing. We must face up to the fact that, at least in the case of humans, the subject experiencing subjective time is not a perfect, structureless observer, but a complex, multilayered, multifaceted psyche. Different levels of our consciousness may experience time in quite different ways. This is evidently the case in terms of response time. You have probably had the slightly unnerving experience of jumping at the sound of a telephone a moment or two before you actually hear it ring. The shrill noise induces a reflex response through the nervous system much faster than the time it takes to create the conscious experience of the sound.It is fashionable to attribute certain qualities, such as speech ability, to the left side of the brain, whereas others, such as musical appreciation, belong to processes occurring on the right side. But why should both hemispheres experience a common time? And why should the subconscious use the same mental clock as the conscious?
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A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceae, and having erect much branched stems, and very slender …
Read the complete definitionA general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which …
Read the complete definitionA perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.
Read the complete definitionA genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint family, esp. the C. Nepeta and C. Acinos, which are called …
Read the complete definitionA numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order Cypreaceae; the sedges.
Read the complete definitionThe stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, …
Read the complete definitionA perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in …
Read the complete definitionA genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceae, natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, …
Read the complete definitionA branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for …
Read the complete definitionA perennial plant (Allium Schoenoprasum), allied to the onion. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc.
Read the complete definitionA genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and …
Read the complete definitionA perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.
Read the complete definitionA perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is …
Read the complete definitionA rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus Symphytum.
Read the complete definitionThe common name of the Kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.
Read the complete definitionA small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.
Read the complete definitionA genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew.
Read the complete definitionA little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps.
Read the complete definitionA perennial plant of the genus Faeniculum (F. vulgare), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for …
Read the complete definitionA perennial plant (Pyrethrum, / Chrysanthemum, Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named …
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