Meanings
plural estivations
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of aestivation.
On the Vnder Story, tovvards the Garden, Let it be turned to a Grotta, or Place of Shade, or Eſtiuation.
1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Building. XLV.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 263
Synonyms & antonyms
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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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