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of e.g. volcanos; not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano" dormant(ip): lying with head on paws as if sleeping in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"
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[French, dormire= to sleep] Referring to a stage in the development of a seed, in which growth is suspended until restarted by environmental cues.
Ãâó: embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/Notes/Index/D.htm
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a period of inactivity or biological rest; in living organisms, little or no growth occurs during this time and some biological functions be suspended
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In a physical state of biological rest or suspended animation - alive but not growing.
Ãâó: dictionary.rare-cancer.org/dictionary.php
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the state of being inactive in winter or cold weather. A dormant animal usually has a lowered body temperature. Dormancy reduces an animal's use of oxygen and energy when food is scarce or the weather is inhospitable.
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