aestivation.
A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
Meaning & usage
A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
The spending or passing of a summer.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin aestīvātiō, from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (“to spend or pass the summer in a place”), from aestīvus (“of or pertaining to summer”), from aestās (“summer”) + -īvus.
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