Associations to the word «Aestivation»

AESTIVATION, noun. (biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.

AESTIVATION, noun. (botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.

AESTIVATION, noun. (obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.

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

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