Aestivation

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ËŒiːstɪˈveɪʃən/Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Alternative forms

• æstivation
• estivation

Origin

Formed from Latin aestivare, from aestus ‘heat’.

Full definition of aestivation

Noun

1. (biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
2. (botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
3. (obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.

Related terms

• aestivate