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Definition of Aestivations
1. aestivation [n] - See also: aestivation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aestivations
Literary usage of Aestivations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The circular aestivation is generally associated with a regular calyx and corolla,
while the spiral aestivations are connected with irregular as well as ..."
2. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"The proper aestivations may be classified into those in which the parts do not
overlap, and those in which they do. Of the first, there are two kinds, ..."
3. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: A Description of Their Phanerogams and by William Hillebrand (1888)
"In a few cases the overlapping is so slight that the three aestivations cannot
easily be distinguished one from the other; in a few others the aestivation ..."
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