Aestivation

//ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens wordnet
  3. 3
    The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period wordnet
  5. 5
    The spending or passing of a summer. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "On the Vnder Story, tovvards the Garden, Let it be turned to a Grotta, or Place of Shade, or Eſtiuation."

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"On the Vnder Story, tovvards the Garden, Let it be turned to a Grotta, or Place of Shade, or Eſtiuation."

Etymology

Derived from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (“to spend or pass the summer in a place”), from aestīvus (“of or pertaining to summer”), from aestās (“summer”) + -īvus.

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