Associations to the word «Estivation»
Wiktionary
ESTIVATION, noun. Alternative spelling of aestivation
Dictionary definition
ESTIVATION, noun. (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period.
ESTIVATION, noun. (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.