aestivation

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• April 25. 2015 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  aestivation — noun — english

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

• February 26. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  aestivation — noun — english

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