different between aestivate vs aestivation

aestivate

English

Verb

aestivate (third-person singular simple present aestivates, present participle aestivating, simple past and past participle aestivated)

  1. Alternative spelling of estivate

Related terms

  • aestival
  • aestivator

Latin

Verb

aest?v?te

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of aest?v?

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aestivation

English

Alternative forms

  • æstivation
  • estivation

Etymology

Formed from Latin aestivare, from aestus (heat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?i?st??ve???n/
    Rhymes: -e???n

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

See also

  • (inactivity): torpor

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