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Hibernacle

HI'BERNACLE, n. [L. hibernacula, winter-quarters.] 1. In botany, the winter-quarters of a plant, that is, a bulb or a bud, in which the embryo of a future plant is inclosed by a scaly covering and protected fr...

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