Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WIN'TER-LODE, or WIN'TER-LODG-MENT
WIN'TER-LODE, or WIN'TER-LODG-MENT, n. [winter and lodge.]
In botany, the hybernacle of a plant, which protects the embryo or future shoot from injuries during the winter. It is either a bud or a bulb. – Encyc.
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