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estivation

noun

1. (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period

• Syn: ↑aestivation

• Derivationally related forms: ↑aestivate (for: ↑aestivation), ↑estivate

• Topics: ↑zoology, ↑zoological science

• Hypernyms: ↑dormancy, ↑quiescence, ↑quiescency

2. (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens

• Syn: ↑aestivation

• Topics: ↑botany, ↑phytology

• Hypernyms: ↑arrangement

• Part Holonyms: ↑flower bud

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estivation

var. of æstivation.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.