Aestivation
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Historical Examples
aestivation (summer sleep) is the similar condition in which other species pass periods of heat or drought in warm latitudes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 Various
Of the physiology of aestivation nothing definite appears to have been ascertained.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 Various
noun
the act or condition of aestivating
the arrangement of the parts of a flower bud, esp the sepals and petals
verb (intransitive)
to pass the summer
(of animals such as the lungfish) to pass the summer or dry season in a dormant condition Compare hibernate
aestivation
(ěs’tə-vā’shən)
Another spelling of estivation.
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