overwinters

Endures the frost

Overwinters means survives or spends the winter in a particular place or state.

The term appears most often in biology and gardening: birds that overwinter in warmer climates, insects that overwinter as larvae, plants that overwinter in the ground.

The geese overwinter along the Gulf Coast.

These perennials overwinter well if mulched.

dormancy

diapause

Insect developmental suspension

torporInactive, sluggish state
quiescenceState of being inactive
hibernaculumDormant animal's seasonal shelter

suspended animation · latency · inactivity · emergence · sheltering · denning · roosting

survival

hardiness

Ability to endure adversity

cold toleranceResistance to low temperatures
frost resistanceTolerance to freezing
insulationThermal transfer prevention

fat reserves · energy conservation · thermoregulation · cold-hardy · acclimatization · resilience · persistence · endurance · survival strategy

ecology

migration

Movement to new territory

wintering groundsSeasonal refuge from cold
host plantOrganism harboring another species
seasonal cycleRecurring annual pattern

life cycle · breeding season · microhabitat · leaf litter · soil · snowpack

organisms

monarch butterfly

Migratory orange-winged insect

geesePlural of goose
aphidsSap-feeding garden insects
ladybugsSpotted red beetles

queen bees · perennials · bulbs · tubers · larvae · pupae · eggs · spores · seeds · rootstock

Opposites

seasonal survival strategy

overwintersmigrates

Moves to another region

emigrates · hibernates

seasonal timing/presence

overwinterssummers

Warmest annual seasons

passes through

Family

overwinter, overwintering, overwintered

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