Associations to the word «Estivation»

Wiktionary

ESTIVATION, noun. Alternative spelling of aestivation

Dictionary definition

ESTIVATION, noun. (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period.
ESTIVATION, noun. (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras