Spanish Meaning of aestivation

Estivación

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Definitions and Meaning of aestivation in English

Wordnet

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

Webster

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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Estivación

(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 => estivar, aestival => estival, aestho-physiology => Estética de la fisiología, aesthetics => Estética, aestheticism => esteticismo,