aestivation noun.
[i:stɪ'veɪʃ(ǝ)n, ɛst-] Also *
estivation.
E17.[formed as AESTIVATE: see -ATION.]1. The spending of summer; summer residence.
E17-M18.2. Botany. The arrangement of the parts of a flower inside its bud before opening. Cf.
VERNATION 1.
E19.3. Zoology. The act of spending the summer in a state of torpor. Cf.
HIBERNATION.
M19. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲