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Etymology
Formed from Latin aestivare, from aestus �heat�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /�i:stɪ'veɪ��n/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete the spending or passing of a summer
2. zoology spending a summer in a state of reduced metabolic activity; the summer version of hibernation
3. botany the arrangement of the parts of a flower inside a bud

Alternative spellings
estivation

id:aestivation
vi:aestivation

• 2007-08-30 01:42 - AutoFormat - -''(botany)'' +{{botany}}, -''(obsolete)'' +{{obsolete}}, -''(zoology)'' +{{zoology}}

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