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hi·ber·nal

(hī-bûr′nəl)

adj.

Of or relating to winter.

[Latin hībernālis, from hībernus, wintry; see hibernaculum.]

hibernal

(haɪˈbɜːnəl)

adj

of or occurring in winter

[C17: from Latin hībernālis, from hiems winter]

hi•ber•nal

(haɪˈbɜr nl)

adj.

pertaining to winter; wintry.

[1620–30; < Latin hībernālis=hībern(us) wintry + -ālis -al¹; akin to hiems winter]

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Adj.

hibernal - characteristic of or relating to winter; "bears in brumal sleep"

brumal, hiemal

wintery, wintry - characteristic of or occurring in winter; "suffered severe wintry weather"; "brown wintry grasses"

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Selecao de cultivares de pessegueiro F1 com baixa necessidade de frio hibernal.

Adaptability and stability of reproductive and vegetative phases of peach trees in subtropical climate/Adaptabilidade e estabilidade de fases reprodutivas e vegetativas de pessegueiros em clima subtropical

P 1975: Hibernal reproduction in Arvicola terrestris scherman Shaw (Mammalia, Rodentia).

Continuous breeding of fossorial water voles in northwestern Spain: potential impact on apple orchards

1988), Nectandra megapotamica se toma frequentemente a macrofanerofita dominante, o que foi observado no presente estudo, resultando, junto a outras especies da familia, em uma facies de bosque de lauraceas na epoca hibernal, quando revelam sua densa e uniforme cobertura apos a queda das folhas da maioria das arvores emergentes (KLEIN, 1978; 1984a).

Phytosociology of the arborescent-arboreal component of a seasonal forest in Uruguai River Valley, Southern Brazil/ Fitossociologia do componente arborescente-arboreo de uma floresta estacional no vale do Rio Uruguai, Sul do Brasil

Protecao do solo por plantas de cobertura de ciclo hibernal na regiao Sul do Brasil.

White lupine yield under different sowing densities and row spacings/Produtividade de tremoco branco submetido a diferentes densidades de semeadura e espacamento entre fileiras

O pessegueiro apresenta grande variabilidade em caracteristicas, como habito de crescimento, formato das folhas e gemas, resistencia a doencas e exigencia em frio hibernal, assim como em produtividade e massa media de frutos (Della Bruna et al.

Qualidade pos-colheita de oito variedades de pessego

Atividade da peroxidase durante o periodo hibernal de plantas de pessegueiro (Prunuspersica (L.

C/N ratio and nutrient content in peach bark related to peach tree short life/Relacao C/N e teores de nutrientes na casca de pessegueiros relacionados com a morte precoce

Produtividade de pastagens de Coastcross-1 em consorcio com diferentes leguminosas de ciclo hibernal.

Forage mass and nutritive value of bermuda grass mixed to forage peanut or common vetch/Massa de forragem e valor nutritivo de pastagens de capim bermuda consorciadas com amendoim forrageiro ou ervilhaca

Performance of hibernal forages under distinct brightness levels.

Forage yield, rate of C[O.sub.2] assimilation, and quality of temperate annual forage species grown under artificial shading conditions/Producao de forragem, taxa de assimilacao de C[O.sub.2] e qualidade de especies forrageiras hibernais cultivadas s ob niveis de sombreamento artificial

Chocolate bark can satisfy any hibernal hankeringand it can also count as a Tu B'Shevat mitzvah.

Chocolate Bark Recipes for Tu B'Shevat, the New Year of the Trees

Roosting and hibernal ecology of bats in southeast Alaska's karstlsands.

Aspects of the winter ecology of bats on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia

In two small, artist-framed photos, perhaps developed at a drugstore (both with red digital time stamp intact), Kilimnik caught the Flatiron Building in hibernal fog from vantages that recall both Alfred Stieglitz's famous view and Edward Steichen's almost immediate homage to it; although the images were made in 2002, the artist titled each with some variation of The Flat Iron Building, New York, 1903, her lens a not-haphazard time warp.

Karen Kilimnik: Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, Connecticut

From migration to the tracking of hibernal visitors such as redwings and fieldfares, as well as some spectacular footage from the badger set and fox family.