different between estivation vs aestivation

estivation

English

Noun

estivation (countable and uncountable, plural estivations)

  1. Alternative spelling of aestivation
    • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building
      On the under story , towards the garden , let it be turned to a grotto , or place of shade , or estivation

Anagrams

  • anti-Soviet, antisoviet, evitations, novitiates

French

Pronunciation

Noun

estivation f (plural estivations)

  1. estivation

Further reading

  • “estivation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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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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