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dormancy

Variant of dormant

adjective

  1. sleeping
  2. as if asleep; quiet; still
  3. inoperative; inactive
  4. Biol.
    1. torpid in winter; in a state of suspended animation
    2. live, but not actively growing
  5. Heraldry lying down in a sleeping position: a lion dormant

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