verb
oversummer
Oversummer (verb) means to pass the summer months somewhere or in a particular state.
verb
1
To pass the summer months somewhere or in a particular state.
"Both powdery mildew and cereal rusts oversummer on volunteer crops in the asexual stage, infect the autumn-sown crop and, eventually, overwinter on the volunteers to infect the crops in spring (Zadoks, 1961)."
— D.G. Jones, The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases (1998)
"Dragged down in early winter from the top of the garden where they oversummer, they are placed on the front window sills looking sad and forlorn."
— Alice Taylor, The Gift of a Garden (2013)
"The snails (Bakerilymnaea cockerelli) oversummer in the adult or near-adult morphology using a form of estivation."
— Subodh K. Jain, Vernal Pools: Their Ecology and Conservation (1976)
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Etymology
Formed from over- and summer.
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What is the meaning of oversummer?
"oversummer" (verb) means to pass the summer months somewhere or in a particular state.
