dormant
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Dormant seeds have sprouted after recent rainfall and mild winter temperatures, creating a fleeting spectacle of desert color.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Dormant since 1985, the distillery recently announced it would reopen, and build the region’s first “whisky resort,” complete with a spa, a five-star hotel and a bistro housed in a former piggery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Dormant yeast can be made active again with warmth, water, and food.
From NewsForKids.net • May 31, 2024
Dormant through winter, the fungus reawakens in spring, consumes the corpse’s interior for nutrients, and sprouts out of caterpillar’s head into the sunshine.
From National Geographic • Jan. 4, 2024
Dormant cuttings have broken dormancy, sent out new leaves, formed an abundance of callus on the basal end, but failed to develop any roots, and finally after several months have died.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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