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Annual, from the Latin annuum, or year means pertaining to a year or happening every year.

An annual plant has a lifespan of a year or less. These are generally plants adapted to life as weeds or in difficult habitats where quick flowering and seeding are necessary.

An annual publication, often called simply an annual, is a book or a magazine, comic book or comic strip published yearly. If it is not a book or a comic, it may be brought out to praise some celebrity or celebrities, to tie in with a popular TV series or even a holiday camp (such as the Butlins annual). Occasionally the title is used for something that has little hope of any further editions, such as a movie tie in, especially if, in the UK, it is published in the months leading up to Christmas.

List of collectable annuals:

• Beano
• The Dandy
• Rupert
• The Eagle