Aestival(a.) Of or belonging to the summer; as, aestival diseases.
Aestivate(v. i.) To spend the summer.
Aestivate(v. i.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor.
Aestivation(n.) The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.
Aestivation(n.) The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration.
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