aestivation

Etymology
Formed from, from , from.

Noun

 * 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.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: estivaatio
 * French:
 * Georgian: ზაფხულის ძილი
 * German: Sommerschlaf
 * Greek: θερινή νάρκη
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese: estivação
 * Russian: ле́тняя спя́чка, эстива́ция
 * Spanish:
 * Volapük: hitüpaslip


 * Finnish: silmuasento, vernaatio