Definitions for annuals

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annuals an·nu·al

Spelling: [an-yoo-uh l]

IPA: /ˈæn yu əl/

Annuals is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in annuals (aalnnsu).

Definitions for annuals

noun

1. Botany. a plant living only one year or season.
2. a book, report, etc., published annually.

adjective

1. of, for, or pertaining to a year; yearly:
2. occurring or returning once a year:
3. Botany. living only one growing season, as beans or corn.
4. performed or executed during a year:
5. Entomology. living or lasting but one season or year, as certain insects or colonies of insects.

Origin of annuals

1350-1400; Late Latin annuālis, equivalent to Latin annu(us) yearly (derivative of annus circuit of the sun, year) + -ālis -al¹; replacing Middle English ann

Examples for annuals

Moore told me that the editor of one of the annuals offered him 600ℓ.

Snapdragons may be treated as annuals or biennials, and each has its own difficulty.

These are annuals, and perish at the close of the growing season.

annuals are divided into three classes, hardy, half-hardy, and tender.

In all the years of his ministry I never knew him to lose hope in his annuals.

The bulb garden is more brilliant than the garden of annuals which succeeds it.

I have no disposition to say disparaging things about the garden of annuals.

annuals flower the same season the seeds are sown, perfect their seeds, and then die.

Bear this in mind when you select seeds for your garden of annuals.

This is one of the most fragrant flowers we have among the annuals.