aestivation

aestivation has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• n.. The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.
• n.. The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration.
• n.. (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
• n.. (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period