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aestivation

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aestivation (ĕs`təvā'shən): see hibernation hibernation (hī'bərnā`shən) [Lat.
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Again in another work he says, the genera of the Connaraceae 'differ in having one or more ovaria, in the existence or absence of albumen, in the imbricate or valvular aestivation.
It is well known that within the tropics, the hybernation, or more properly aestivation, of animals is determined not by the temperature, but by the times of drought.
 
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