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Estivation

Same as Aestival, Aestivate, etc.

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Arrangement 76% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dormancy 76% connected

The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.

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Quiescence 76% connected

Alt. of Quiescency

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Quiescency 76% connected

The state or quality of being quiescent.

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Estivate 74% connected

Alt. of Estivation

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Estivate 74% connected

Alt. of Estivation

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Aestivation 92% connected

The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Annual noun · 78% connection

(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

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Apogamy noun · 78% connection

(botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte…

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Apophysis noun · 78% connection

(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

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Bast noun · 78% connection

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

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Biennial noun · 78% connection

(botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usuall…

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Blister noun · 78% connection

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

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Callus noun · 78% connection

(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

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Calyx noun · 78% connection

(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and support…

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Cohesion noun · 78% connection

(botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)

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Coma noun · 78% connection

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

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Cork noun · 78% connection

(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells

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Corolla noun · 78% connection

(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the f…

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Corona noun · 78% connection

(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower

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Division noun · 78% connection

(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

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Embryo noun · 78% connection

(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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Germ tube noun · 78% connection

(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination

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Homostylic adjective · 78% connection

(botany) having styles all of the same length

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Aestival adjective · 78% connection

Of or belonging to the summer; as, aestival diseases.

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Aestivate verb · 72% connection

To spend the summer.

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