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AEstival
AEstival [AE]s"ti*val, a. [L. aestivalis, aestivus, fr. aestas summer.] Of or belonging to the summer; as, [ae]stival diseases. [Spelt also estival.]
AEstivate
AEstivate [AE]s"ti*vate, v. i. [L. aestivare, aestivatum.] 1. To spend the summer. 2. (Zo["o]l.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor. [Spelt also estivate.]
AEstivation
AEstivation [AE]s`ti*va"tion, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation. 2. (Bot.) The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration. --Gray. [Spelt also estivation.]
aestivum
Snowflake Snow"flake`, n. 1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow. 2. (Zo["o]l.) See Snowbird, 1. 3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus Leucoium (L. vernum, [ae]stivum, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size.
Anapaestic
Anapaest An`a*p[ae]st, Anapaestic An`a*p[ae]s"tic Same as Anapest, Anapestic.
Clupea aestivalis
Blueback Blue"back`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A trout (Salmo oquassa) inhabiting some of the lakes of Maine. (b) A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Columbia River and northward. (c) An American river herring (Clupea [ae]stivalis), closely allied to the alewife.
T aestivum
Truffle Truf"fle (?; 277), n. [OF. trufle, F. truffe; akin to Sp. trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. tuber a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf. Tuber, Trifle.] Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle (T. [ae]stivum) are much esteemed as articles of food. Truffle worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a fly of the genus Leiodes, injurious to truffles.
Vexilary aestivation
Vexillar Vex"il*lar, Vexillary Vex"il*la*ry, [Cf. F. vexillaire, L. vexillarius a standard bearer.] 1. Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard. 2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of papilionaceous flowers. Vexilary [ae]stivation (Bot.), a mode of [ae]stivation in which one large upper petal folds over, and covers, the other smaller petals, as in most papilionaceous plants.

Meaning of Aesti from wikipedia

- The Aesti (also Aestii, Astui or Aests) were an ancient people first described by the Roman historian Tacitus in his treatise Germania (circa 98 AD)....
- described the pagan Aesti who lived somewhere by the Baltic Sea coast and east of the Vistula estuary. It has been suggested that the name Aesti could be etymologically...
- (Estonian name Eesti, Dutch/German/Scandinavian name Estland, i.e. 'land of the Aesti') Ingria (Finnish Inkerinmaa, German/Scandinavian Ingermanland, i.e. 'land...
- attestments of unique traditions and customs of Western Balts – Prussians, called Aesti, and their land called Witland in his text. The purpose of this travel remains...
- Eesti [ˈeːsʲti] ) has a long and complex history. It has been connected to Aesti, first mentioned by Tacitus around AD 98. The name's modern geographical...
- companies. The name Estonia (Estonian: Eesti [ˈeːsʲti] ) has been connected to Aesti, a people first mentioned by Ancient Roman historian Tacitus around 98 CE...
- Asti (UK: /ˈæsti/ AST-ee, US: /ˈɑːsti/ AH-stee, Italian: [ˈasti] ; Piedmontese: Ast [ˈɑst]) is a comune (muni****lity) of 74,348 inhabitants (1–1–2021)...
- April, 10 August Origin Word/name From the name of the Baltic tribe of the Aesti, mentioned by the Roman historian Tacitus. Region of origin Lithuania...
- War II. The original inhabitants of the region were the Balt tribe of the Aesti, mentioned by Tacitus in his Germania (AD 98). The town, known in German...
- Ancient Latvia Kunda culture Narva culture Corded Ware culture Amber Road / Aesti Baltic Finns (Livonians, Vends) Balts Latgalians Curonians Selonians Semigallians...