aestivation
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aestivation
- /ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin aestīvātiō, from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (“to spend or pass the summer in a place”), from aestīvus (“of or pertaining to summer”), from aestās (“summer”) + -īvus.
noun aestivations · æstivation · estivation
- A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
- The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
- The spending or passing of a summer. On the Vnder Story, tovvards the Garden, Let it be turned to a Grotta, or Place of Shade, or Eſtiuation.
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noun state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer
| Español | estivación |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 夏眠 kamin |
| 中文 | 夏眠 xiàmián |
| Português | estivação |
| Français | estivation |
| Deutsch | Sommerschlaf |
| Ελληνικά | θερινή νάρκη theriní nárki |
| Русский | ле́тняя спя́чка létnjaja spjáčka, эстива́ция estivácija |
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title = {aestivation},
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