hibernaculum

From Latin hibernaculum (“winter quarters”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hʌɪ.bəˈnak.juː.ləm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.bəɹˈnæk.jə.ləm/
• Hyphenation: hi‧ber‧nac‧u‧lum

hibernaculum (plural hibernacula)

1. (zoology) The place where a hibernating animal shelters for the winter
2. (botany) A bud, case, or protective covering that a plant uses to survive the challenging environmental conditions during a dormancy period.

• hibernacle

• turion

From hībernō (“spend the winter”) +‎ -culum.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hiː.berˈnaː.ku.lum/, [hiː.bɛrˈnaː.kʊ.ɫʊ̃]

hībernāculum n (genitive hībernāculī); second declension

1. winter quarters; a winter residence
2. (in the plural) winter encampment

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• hībernālis
• hībernō
• hībernum
• hībernus

• 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