aestivation

Significado (Inglés)

1. (countable, uncountable) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
2. (countable, uncountable) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The spending or passing of a summer.

Sinónimos

estivation

summer dormant

Traducións

estivation

estivación

estivazione

estivação

Sommerruhe

سبات صيفي

estivació

Sommerschlaf

aestivation

Knospendeckung

Estivação

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Derived from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (“to spend or pass the summer in a place”), from aestīvus (“of or pertaining to summer”), from aestās (“summer”) + -īvus.