Aestivation

Definition:

• (n.) The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.
• (n.) The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration.

Compare aestivation with other words:

aestivate vs. aestivation

aestivation vs. prefloration

aestivation vs. bud

aestivation vs. flower

aestivation vs. vernation

aestivation vs. arrangement

aestivation vs. hibernation

aestivation vs. depression