Associations to the word «Aestivation»
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Wiktionary
AESTIVATION, noun. (biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
AESTIVATION, noun. (botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
AESTIVATION, noun. (obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.
Dictionary definition
AESTIVATION, noun. (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period.
AESTIVATION, noun. (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens.
Wise words
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words
are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds
can be done only for God.