annual: Meaning and Definition of

an•nu•al

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

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