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estivation

noun

Meaning

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

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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