estivation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
Types & categories
- quiescence hypernym
Related & opposite
- estivate derivation
- zoological science domain topic
Sense 2 noun
(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
Types & categories
- arrangement hypernym
Parts & wholes
- flower bud part holonym
Related & opposite
- phytology domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | estivate |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | zoological science |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | quiescence |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | phytology |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | flower bud |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrangement |