aestivation

aestivation is a valid 11-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends.

Meaning

What does aestivation mean?

  • noun

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

  • noun

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

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