annual

adjective

• occurring once every year:the sponsored walk became an annual event an annual report
• calculated over or covering a period of a year:an annual rate of increase his basic annual income
• (of a plant) living only for a year or less, perpetuating itself by seed: annual weedsCompare with biennial, perennial.

noun

• 1a book or magazine that is published once a year under the same title but with different contents: a Christmas annual trade journals, annuals, and directories

• 2an annual plant: sow annuals in spring