Hibernaculum

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Winter home or abiding place.

II. Hibernaculum ·noun A little case in which certain insects pass the winter.

III. Hibernaculum ·noun A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

← Hibernacle   ×   Hibernal →

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