AESTIVATION

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.

2.
n.

The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration. Gray. [Spelt also estivation.]


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