noun. A state of dormancy or torpor during a hot dry period.

noun. The arrangement of the floral parts in a bud.

noun. The act of spending or passing the summer.

noun. The act of passing the summer.

noun. Specifically In zoology, the summer sleep of certain animals, as mollusks; the act of falling into a more or less permanent condition of sleep or dormant state in summer.

noun. In botany, prefloration; the disposition of the parts of a flower in the bud.

noun. Alternative spelling of aestivation.

noun. (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period

noun. (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens

"This is a state called estivation; its like hibernation, but its triggered by dry and hot conditions instead of cold."

indeterminate estivation  

arrangement  dormancy  quiescence  quiescency