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ESTIVATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
Synonyms:
aestivation; estivation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("estivation" is a kind of...):
arrangement (an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Holonyms ("estivation" is a part of...):
flower bud (a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
Synonyms:
aestivation; estivation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("estivation" is a kind of...):
dormancy; quiescence; quiescency (a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction)
Domain category:
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Derivation:
estivate (sleep during summer)
