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- verb Present participle of
overwinter . - noun medicine The
survival of aninfectious agent or itsvector through thewinter , during which time it does notinfect ahost
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Examples
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They compose perennial structures such as overwintering buds, bulbs or tubers.
Scientific Blogging 2008
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Perennials instead build "structures" such as overwintering buds, bulbs or tubers, that contain cells that are not yet specialized and, when the next growing season begins, can be converted into stalks and leaves. making flowers, and thus, after dropping seeds, it dies.
Livescience.com 2008
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Perennials instead build "structures" such as overwintering buds, bulbs or tubers, that contain cells that are not yet specialized and, when the next growing season begins, can be converted into stalks and leaves. making flowers, and thus, after dropping seeds, it dies.
Livescience.com 2008
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They compose perennial structures such as overwintering buds, bulbs or tubers.
Scientific Blogging 2008
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"overwintering" in the vetiver stems and a timely fire might also be beneficial.
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Hunters’ explanations of caribou distributions may provide indications of potential range changes under scenarios of warming temperatures, such as overwintering of caribou in coastal areas during warm winters.
Recent and projected changes in arctic species distributions and potential ranges 2009
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Raised bed planter after overwintering without a cover crop.
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And so in late 2009, they were causing injury in tree fruit, and we also knew there was a very large population going into overwintering.
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And so in late 2009, they were causing injury in tree fruit, and we also knew there was a very large population going into overwintering.
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Raised bed planter after overwintering without a cover crop.
Spring garden 2009
vanishedone commented on the word overwintering
St. Tiggywinkles: 'Any hedgehog that has not reached 600 grams or is injured in any way, when the weather turns cold will not have the fat reserves to survive hibernation, and so must be kept indoors throughout the winter. (See our Hedgehog Overwintering Fact Sheet).'
December 5, 2007