Associations to the word «Aestivation»

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.
Leo Tolstoy