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English noun: aestivation

1. aestivation (state) (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period


Synonymsestivation


Broader (hypernym)dormancy, quiescence, quiescency


Domain categoryzoological science, zoology

2. aestivation (group) (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens


Synonymsestivation


Broader (hypernym)arrangement


Part meronymflower bud


Domain categorybotany, phytology









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