Pseudoannual

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pseudoannual species.

    "These so-called pseudoannual species are characterized by the absence of a persisting shoot system that connects shoots longer than one vegetation period. One of these pseudoannuals is T. europaea."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the appearance of something that occurs annually but not following a strictly annual pattern.

    "In the pseudoannual rings of the root, the zones of tracheal tubes are separated from each other by rows of lignified tracheids."

Example

More examples

"In the pseudoannual rings of the root, the zones of tracheal tubes are separated from each other by rows of lignified tracheids."

Etymology

From pseudo- + annual.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.