Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun aestivation

2 senses of aestivation

Sense 1
estivation, aestivation -- ((zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period)
       => dormancy, quiescence, quiescency -- (a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy")

Sense 2
estivation, aestivation -- ((botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens)
       => arrangement -- (an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement")