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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aestivation /ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n, ˌɛst-/ (US estivation)

▶noun

1 Zoology prolonged torpor or dormancy of an insect, fish, or amphibian during a hot or dry period.

2 Botany the arrangement of petals and sepals in a flower bud before it opens. Compare with vernation.

– derivatives
aestivate verb.

– origin C17: from L. aestivat-, aestivare ‘spend the summer’, from aestus ‘heat’ + -ation.

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