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单词 aestivation
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Example sentences from the Web for aestivation

  • Of the physiology of aestivation nothing definite appears to have been ascertained.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4|Various
  • Aestivation (summer sleep) is the similar condition in which other species pass periods of heat or drought in warm latitudes.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4|Various

aestivation

US estivation

/ (ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən, ˌɛs-) /

noun

the act or condition of aestivating
the arrangement of the parts of a flower bud, esp the sepals and petals

Words nearby aestivation

aesthetic labour, aesthetics, aesthetic surgery, aestival, aestivate, aestivation, aet., aetatis suae, aethalium, Æthelbert, Æthelred I
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for aestivation

aestivation
[ ĕs′tə-vāshən ]

Another spelling of estivation.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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