Definitions for aestivation



Overview of noun aestivation

The noun aestivation has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. estivation, aestivation

((zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period)

2. estivation, aestivation

((botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens)

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