aestivation
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin aestīvātiō, from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (“to spend or pass the summer in a place”), from aestīvus (“of or pertaining to summer”), from aestās (“summer”) + -īvus.
- A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
- The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
- The spending or passing of a summer.
“On the Vnder Story, tovvards the Garden, Let it be turned to a Grotta, or Place of Shade, or Eſtiuation.”