meaning of aestivation

1. The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.
2.
The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc. ; prefloration.
3.
botany the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens


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