hibernaculum

== English == === Etymology === From Latin hībernāculum (“winter quarters”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /haɪ.bəˈnak.juː.ləm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhaɪ.bəɹˈnæk.jə.ləm/ Hyphenation: hi‧ber‧nac‧u‧lum === 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. ==== Related terms ==== hibernacle ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== turion == Latin == === Etymology === From hībernō (“spend the winter”) +‎ -culum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hiː.bɛrˈnaː.kʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.berˈnaː.ku.lum] === Noun === hībernāculum n (genitive hībernāculī); second declension winter quarters; a winter residence (in the plural) winter encampment ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Related terms ==== hībernālis hībernō hībernum hībernus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “hibernaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hibernaculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.