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English
Etymology
Derived from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (“to spend or pass the summer in a place”), from aestīvus (“of or pertaining to summer”), from aestās (“summer”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
Noun
aestivation (countable and uncountable, plural aestivations)
- (biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
- (botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
- (obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.
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Translations
vernation of the parts of flower inside a bud; prefloration
(obsolete) spending or passing the summer
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