hibernaculum

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The place where a hibernating animal shelters for the winter.

   “Aeolus Cave, which is set into a wooded hillside in Dorset, Vermont, is believed to be the largest bat hibernaculum in New England; it is estimated that before white-nose hit, nearly three hundred thousand bats—some from as far away as Ontario and Rhode Island—came there to spend the winter.”

2. isim A bud, case, or protective covering that a plant uses to survive the challenging environmental conditions during a dormancy period.