hi|ber|nac|u|lum

hi|ber|nac|u|lum
hi|ber|nac|u|lum «HY buhr NAK yuh luhm», noun, plural -la «-luh».
1. Botany. a bud or bulb that protects a plant embryo during the winter.
2. Zoology. a) a place where an animal hibernates during the winter. b) an encysted winter bud of a bryozoan that germinates in the following spring.
╂[< Latin hībernāculum winter quarters (diminutive) < hīberna winter quarters, neuter plural of hībernus wintry < hiems, hiemis winter]

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