estivation
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1. (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | arrangement, |
| definition | : | an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging (noun.group) |
| part meronym | : | flower bud, |
| definition | : | a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop (noun.plant) |
| domain category | : | botany, phytology, |
| definition | : | the branch of biology that studies plants (noun.cognition) |
2. (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period (noun.state)
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