aestivation
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən/
Noun

aestivation

  1. (biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
  2. (botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
  3. (obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.
Related terms Translations
  • French: estivation
  • German: Sommerschlaf
  • Portuguese: estivação
  • Russian: ле́тняя спя́чка
  • Spanish: estivación



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