Estival

Quick meaning: Estival is an adjective meaning Of or relating to summer.

Meaning

Of or relating to summer.

More Meanings

1. Coming forth in the summer.

Example Sentences

To the first or aestival class must also be referred a small number of early spring flowerers, such as the Alyssums and Drabas.

On the other hand, many tropical flowers and a large number of estival flowers of temperate climates have more specialized structures, their nectar supply being hidden in spurs or at the base of long corolla tubes.

[…] were basking near men-of-the-earth (always a morning glory) and kiss-mes and kiss-me-quicks where she was sure to contract spring fever, vulnerable as she with her romanticist heart was to get it now that estival flowers […]

Thalictrum purpurascens. Lactuca pulchella. Verbena stricta. The estival period begins about the tenth of June, and is characterized by the rapid diminution of the vernal bloomers rather than by the addition of the important estival flowers .

Synonyms for estival

Depending on context, synonyms include summery, summer, aestival.

Antonyms for estival

Common opposites include hibernal, brumal, winter, wintry.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include summery, aestival, aestive, summersome, midsummery, festal.

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