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Meaning of aestivation

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

aestivation

Pronunciation:/ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən/

noun

Definitions

  1. A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.

  2. The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.

  3. The spending or passing of a summer.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aestivation

Related words

estivationvalvateimbricatehibernationanabiosisstasisletharguslatency