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    ESTIVATION

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opensplay

    Synonyms:

    aestivation; estivation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("estivation" is a kind of...):

    arrangement (an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging)

    Domain category:

    botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

    Holonyms ("estivation" is a part of...):

    flower bud (a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry periodplay

    Synonyms:

    aestivation; estivation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("estivation" is a kind of...):

    dormancy; quiescence; quiescency (a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction)

    Domain category:

    zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

    Derivation:

    estivate (sleep during summer)

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