Biennial
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Also known as: two-year plant
A plant requiring two growing seasons to complete its life cycle. In the first year, it produces a rosette of leaves and stores energy. In the second year, it bolts (sends up a flowering stalk), blooms, sets seed, and dies.
Etymology
From Latin biennalis, meaning "lasting two years," from bi- (two) + annus (year).
Example
“Foxglove is a biennial that produces only leaves in its first year before flowering spectacularly in its second.”