aestivation
Britishnoun
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the act or condition of aestivating
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the arrangement of the parts of a flower bud, esp the sepals and petals
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This can be achieved by hibernation, aestivation, or migration.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
This can be achieved by hibernation, aestivation, or migration.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The manner in which the parts are arranged in the flower-bud with respect to each other before opening is the aestivation or praefloration.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
Intramural aestivation, or town-life in summer, he would say, is a peculiar form of suspended existence, or semi-asphyxia.
From Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
The nature of hibernation, and probably also of aestivation, and the principal physiological phenomena connected with them, may be briefly summarized as follows:— 1.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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