Associations to the word «Aestivation»
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Wiktionary
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.
Dictionary definition
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.
Wise words
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