aestivation

Meanings

1. A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
2. The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
3. The spending or passing of a summer.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aestīvātiō, from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (“to spend or pass the summer in a place”), from aestīvus (“of or pertaining to summer”), from aestās (“summer”) + -īvus.