aestivation

See also: æstivation

English

Alternative forms

• æstivation
• estivation

Etymology

Formed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin aestivare, from aestus (“heat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

aestivation (countable and uncountable, 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.

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Related terms

• aestivate

Translations

state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夏眠 (zh) (xiàmián)

• Finnish: estivaatio
• French: estivation (fr) f
• German: Sommerschlaf m
• Greek: θερινή νάρκη f (theriní nárki)
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• Japanese: 夏眠 (かみん, kamin)
• Portuguese: estivação f
• Russian: ле́тняя спя́чка f (létnjaja spjáčka), эстива́ция f (estivácija)
• Spanish: estivación (es) f
• Volapük: hitüpaslip

vernation of the parts of flower inside a bud; prefloration

• Finnish: silmuasento, vernaatio
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(obsolete) spending or passing the summer

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