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hibernacula
Variant of hibernaculum
noun pl. hibernacula
any case or covering for protecting an organism during the winter; specif.,
- a bud or bulb for protecting a plant
- a specially modified bud, as in some freshwater bryozoans, that can develop into a colony in the spring
- a structure in which a dormant animal passes the winter
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