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What does overwinter mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To keep or preserve for the winter.
  2. (intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).
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Some species overwinter near the roots of weeds such as stickweed, plantain, and fleabane.
It was very nice indeed but I have to fight the urge to be TOO tidy, so the wee bugs and beasties have somewhere to overwinter.
The armyworm probably does not overwinter in Nebraska, but reinvades the northern part of its range each spring.
It may overwinter like most gaillardias but is being marketed as an annual.
Purchase starts each spring, or overwinter potted plants in a greenhouse or sunporch.
Sown in the spring for fall harvest, they also overwinter well when mulched heavily.

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