French Meaning of aestivation
Estivation
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Definitions and Meaning of aestivation in English
aestivation (n)
(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
aestivation (n.)
The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.
The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration.
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Estivation
(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period, (botany) the arrangem
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aestivate => estiver, aestival => estival, aestho-physiology => Esthésie-physiologie, aesthetics => Esthétique, aestheticism => esthétisme,
