1) Dormancy 2) Estivation 3) Quiescence 4) Quiescency
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1) Estivation
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Dormancy during hot, dry periods
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Aestivation or æstivation (from aestas, summer, but also spelled `estivation` in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, characterized by inactivity and a lowered metabolic rate, that is entered in response to high temperatures and arid conditions. It takes place during times of heat and dryness, the hot dry sea.....
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[botany] Aestivation or estivation refers to the positional arrangement of the parts of a flower within a flower bud before it has opened. Aestivation is also sometimes referred to as praefoliation or prefoliation, but these terms may also mean vernation: the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud. Aestivation can be an important tax...
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the arrangement of sepals and petals or their lobes in an unexpanded flower bud; cf. vernation arrangement of leaves in a bud.
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Summer dormancy, entered into when conditions are unfavourable for active life i.e. it is too hot or too dry.
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• (n.) The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration. • (n.) The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.
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Summer dormancy, entered into when conditions are unfavourable for active life i.e
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A period of inactivity, or dormancy, induced by unfavourable conditions. During aestivation, the earthworm curls up into a knot and becomes quite pink.
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Condition in which an organism may pass an unfavourable hot or dry season (the opposite of hibernation) and in which its normal activities are greatly curtailed or temporarily suspended.
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The arrangement of floral envelopes in the bud (aestivus, summer, when flowers mostly appear
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estivation, aestivation, estivate, aestivate 1. Passing the summer or dry season in a dormant or torpid state. 2. The manner in which plant structures are folded prior to expansion or opening.
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a period of summer dormancy.
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A summer version of hibernation
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In zoology, a state of inactivity and reduced metabolic activity, similar to hibernation, that occurs during the dry season in species such as lungfish and snails. In botany, the term is used to describe the way in which flower petals and sepals are folded in the buds. It is an important feature in plant classification
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a period of inactivity caused by extreme heat or drought.
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