aestivation

English

Alternative forms

• æstivation
• estivation

Etymology

Formed from Latin aestivare, from aestus ‘heat’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

aestivation (plural aestivations)

1. (biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
2. (botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
3. (obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.

Related terms

• aestivate

Translations

state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夏眠 (cmn) (xiàmián)

• Finnish: estivaatio (fi)
• French: estivation (fr) f
• German: Sommerschlaf (de) m

• Japanese: 夏眠 (ja) (かみん, kamin)
• Russian: летняя спячка (ru) (létnjaja spjáčka) f, эстивация (ru) (estivácija) f
• Volapük: hitüpaslip (vo)

vernation of the parts of flower inside a bud; prefloration

• Finnish: silmuasento (fi), vernaatio (fi)

(obsolete) spending or passing the summer