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estivation
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(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
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noun
(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
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(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
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