Definition of aestivation Aestivation
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We found 8 definitions of aestivation from 4 different sources.
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What does aestivation mean?
WordNet
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| aestivation - (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period | ||
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| dormancy, quiescence, quiescency a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy" | ||
| zoological science, zoology the branch of biology that studies animals | ||
| aestivation - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens | ||
| estivation | ||
| arrangement the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music | ||
| flower bud a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop | ||
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Wiktionary 
- aestivation (Noun)
A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation. - aestivation (Noun)
The arrangement vernation of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration. - aestivation (Noun)
The spending or passing of a summer.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- aestivation (n.)
The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation. - aestivation (n.)
The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration.
Part of speech
🔤- aestivation, noun, singular of aestivations.
