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二年生植物 (にねんせいしょくぶつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

二に年ねん生せい植しょく物ぶつ

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Meanings

1

Botanical term for a plant that completes its life cycle in two years, typically flowering and producing seed in the second year.

二に年ねん生せい植

しょく

物ぶつ

は

、

一いち

年ねん

目め

に

葉は

や

茎くき

を

成せい

長ちょう

さ

せ

、

二に

年ねん

目め

に

花はな

を

咲さ

か

せ

て

枯か

れ

ます

。

Biennial plants grow leaves and stems in the first year, then flower and die in the second year.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)
年year, counter for years
生life, genuine, birth
植plant
物thing, object, matter

Related words

一いち年ねん生せい植しょく物ぶつ
一年生植物 is an annual plant that completes its life cycle in one year, while 二年生植物 takes two years.
多た年ねん生せい植しょく物ぶつ
多年生植物 is a perennial plant that lives for more than two years, unlike 二年生植物 which dies after its second year.

Etymology

Compound of 二年生 (にねんせい, 'second-year') + 植物 (しょくぶつ, 'plant'). The term is a direct calque from Western botanical terminology.