Estivation

Word ESTIVATION
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Definitions and meanings of "Estivation"

What do we mean by estivation?

A state of dormancy or torpor during a hot dry period. noun

The arrangement of the floral parts in a bud. noun

The act of spending or passing the summer. noun

The act of passing the summer. noun

Specifically In zoology, the summer sleep of certain animals, as mollusks; the act of falling into a more or less permanent condition of sleep or dormant state in summer. noun

In botany, prefloration; the disposition of the parts of a flower in the bud. noun

Alternative spelling of aestivation. noun

(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period noun

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

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

The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.

The spending or passing of a summer.

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The word "estivation" in example sentences

This is a state called estivation; its like hibernation, but its triggered by dry and hot conditions instead of cold. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In my estivation, I conclude that Mother Nature is pissed about getting deep drilled and this heat is just a reminder of who is in charge. ❋ Unknown (2010)

During hibernation in winter and estivation in summer, animals in burrows have greatly reduced metabolic processes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But tell me, please; have studies been done that indicate how long it is possible for various snails to remain in a state of estivation? ❋ AYDIN (2007)

I haven't looked into this at all -- what are the confirmed records for length of estivation? ❋ AYDIN (2007)

On the under story, towards the garden, let it be turned to a grotto, or a place of shade, or estivation. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the evenings, while they force down obligatory eight-course gastronomies prepared by celebrity chefs at Relais & Chateaux resorts, we contentedly order the plat du jour at a little bistro not far from our humble two-star hotel -- simple economies that help make our vacation savings last our four-week estivation. ❋ Unknown (2007)

As undergraduates approach the LSAT, as 1Ls matriculate, as professors end their collective estivation, Jurisdynamics offers this wish for the coming academic year. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Yet they were not sleeping, had not suddenly opted for instant estivation as opposed to trying to kill the three people they had chased into the water. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (2003)

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