aestivation

aestivation

See also: æstivation

English

Alternative forms

• æstivation
• estivation

Etymology

Formed from Latin aestivare, from aestus (“heat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

aestivation (countable and uncountable, plural aestivations)

1. (biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
2. (botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
3. (obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.

Related terms

• aestivate

Translations

state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer

Chinese: Mandarin: 夏眠 (zh) (xiàmián) Finnish: estivaatio French: estivation (fr) f Georgian: ზაფხულის ძილი (zapxulis ʒili) German: Sommerschlaf m Greek: θερινή νάρκη f (theriní nárki) Japanese: 夏眠 (ja) (かみん, kamin) Portuguese: estivação f Russian: ле́тняя спя́чка f (létnjaja spjáčka), эстива́ция f (estivácija) Spanish: estivación (es) f Volapük: hitüpaslip

vernation of the parts of flower inside a bud; prefloration

Finnish: silmuasento, vernaatio

(obsolete) spending or passing the summer

See also

• (inactivity): torpor