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Definition of Aestivation

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

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

Definition of Aestivation

1. Noun. (biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation. ¹

2. Noun. (botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aestivation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Aestivation

1. 1. The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; opposed to hibernation. 2. The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration. [Spelt also estivation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aestivation

aestheticism aestheticisms aestheticize aestheticized aestheticizes aestheticizing aesthetics aestho-physiology aesthophysiology aestiferous

aestival aestivate aestivated aestivates aestivating aestivation (current term) aestivations aestivoautumnal aestivoautumnal fever aestuous

aet aetat aetheogam aetheogamous aetheogams aether aethereal aetherial aetheric aethers

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