adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dormant (= it has not erupted for a long time )
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Volcanoes can remain dormant for hundreds of years.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bud
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New plants arise vegetatively from dormant buds on the short upright rhizome of the main root.
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Within ten to thirty days between twenty to fifty new plants begin to develop from the dormant buds on the rhizome.
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Since the inflorescence is not yet known, the plant is propagated only from dormant buds on the rhizome.
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The plant can be reproduced by obtaining bud plants from dormant buds on the rhizome, but reproduction is usually from seeds.
volcano
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The term dormant volcano is applied during the period between eruptions to those volcanoes thought to be potentially active.
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The site chosen for the painting is a view across the bays of the dormant volcano Rangitoto which dominates Auckland's skyline.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Wait to prune your roses until they are fully dormant in January.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dan's arrival had aroused all her dormant sexuality.
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It was at that point, according to court papers, that his alleged spy career went dormant .
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Many have fickle requirements and others lie dormant until very precise conditions happen to come along.
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Since the inflorescence is not yet known, the plant is propagated only from dormant buds on the rhizome.
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Take a dry, dormant savanna, desert or thorn scrub and rouse it into spring with rising temperatures.
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The same is true of subsidiaries, whether trading or dormant .