estivation

Noun estivation has 2 senses

• estivation(n = noun.state) aestivation - (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period;
is a kind of dormancy, quiescence, quiescency
Derived form verb estivate₁

• estivation(n = noun.group) aestivation - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens;
is a kind of arrangement
is a part of flower bud