Overwintering
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verb.
Present participle of
overwinter
.
noun.
The
survival
of an
infectious
agent
or its
vector
through the
winter
, during which time it does not
infect
a
host
Word Usage
"They compose perennial structures such as overwintering buds, bulbs or tubers."
verb-stem
overwinter