annual

Definitions

• Happening once every year.
• Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual (circannual).
• (botany) Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season; e.g. beans, corn, marigold. See _Annual plant in Wikipedia. Compare biennial (biennial), perennial (perennial).
• (entomology) Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.