English dictionary
hibernaculum
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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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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.
Source: webster1913