aestivation
nounB2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
aestivationsæstivationestivation
- 1.
(countable, uncountable)(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)(botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
- 3.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The spending or passing of a summer.
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Latin aestīvātiō, from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (to spend or pass the summer in a place), from aestīvus (of or pertaining to summer), from aestās + -īvus.