aestivation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens

   The aestivation of the petals is visible before the flower opens.

2. 2
   noun

   (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer

   The aestivation of the petals is visible before the flower opens.

3. 3
   noun

   A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.

   The aestivation of the petals is visible before the flower opens.

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.

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