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Cessation from or slowing of activity during the summer
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aestivation
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context biology English) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation. 2 (context botany English) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration. 3 (context obsolete ...
WordNet
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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 [syn: estivation ] (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens [syn: estivation ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
AEstivation \[AE]s`ti*va"tion\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation . (Bot.) The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Aestivation or estivation refers to the positional arrangement of the parts of a flower within a flower bud before it has opened. Aestivation is also sometimes referred to as praefoliation or prefoliation , but these terms may also mean vernation : the ...
Usage examples of aestivation.
Once the habitats were complete and moved into orbit around the destination planet, the Festival travelers would emerge from aestivation, ready to trade and listen.
He had dwelt here in the Scarlet Pylon, alone with his memories amid the ruins of his people, until the coming of Sarchimus, who discovered him during a period of slumber or aestivation, when he was virtually helpless.