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Noun: aestivation  `es-ti'vey-shun
  1. (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
    - estivation
     
  2. (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
    - estivation

Derived forms: aestivations

See also: aestivate

Type of: arrangement, dormancy, quiescence, quiescency

Part of: flower bud

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