Aestivation Definition
estəvāzhən
noun
Webster's New World
(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
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(botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
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aestivation
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aestivationsOrigin of Aestivation
Formed from Latin aestivare, from aestus ‘heat’.
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