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Webster 1913 Edition
Hibernaculum
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1.
(Bot.)
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.
2.
(Zool.)
A little case in which certain insects pass the winter.
3.
Winter home or abiding place.
J. Burroughs.
Definition 2024
hibernaculum
hibernaculum
English
Noun
hibernaculum (plural hibernacula)
- (zoology) The place where a hibernating animal shelters for the winter
- (botany) A bud, case, or protective covering that a plant uses to survive the challenging environmental conditions during a dormancy period.
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Translations
zoology: shelter for winter
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botany: wintering bud
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Latin
Etymology
From hībernō (“spend the winter”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hiː.berˈnaː.ku.lum/, [hiː.bɛrˈnaː.kʊ.ɫũ]
Noun
hībernāculum n (genitive hībernāculī); second declension
- winter quarters; a winter residence
- (in the plural) winter encampment
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hībernāculum | hībernācula |
| genitive | hībernāculī | hībernāculōrum |
| dative | hībernāculō | hībernāculīs |
| accusative | hībernāculum | hībernācula |
| ablative | hībernāculō | hībernāculīs |
| vocative | hībernāculum | hībernācula |
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References
- hibernaculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hibernaculum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.