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
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.