Estivation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of spending or passing the summer.
  • n. Zoology A state of dormancy or torpor during the summer.
  • n. Botany The arrangement of flower parts in the bud.
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  • n. Alternative spelling of aestivation.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of passing the summer.
  • n. Specifically In zoology, the summer sleep of certain animals, as mollusks; the act of falling into a more or less permanent condition of sleep or dormant state in summer.
  • n. In botany, prefloration; the disposition of the parts of a flower in the bud.
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  • n. (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
  • n. (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    quiescence    dormancy    quiescency    arrangement   
    Cross Reference
    indeterminate estivation   
     
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