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Aestivation Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Aestivation has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

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

3

A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
dormancy arrangement
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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