Words and phrases that have a meaning related to dormancy: (132 results)
Often used in the same context:
hibernation, diapause, desiccation, flowering, fruiting, germination, bloom, lie dormant, vernalization, flower stalk, rebloom, tillering, abscission, webworm, corms, abscission layer, fertilizing, buds, cotyledon, frost heaving, ripening, senescence, sclerotia, estrus, magicicada, nutlets, rhizomes, flower bud, taproots, bracts, leaf scorch, estrous, pollination, hepatica, nutgrass, meristem, nutsedge, torpor, molt, frosts, sericea, forsythia, henbit, pupation, autumn crocus, sporulation, inactivity, ensiling, portulaca, gibberellic acid, chlorosis, disuse, panicle, foliage, downy brome, hibernators, awns, spireas, thaws, tickseed, annuals, periodical cicada, johnsongrass, fothergilla, fruitlets, overwinter, angiosperm, rhizosphere, lull, drouth, springtime, radiational, colchicum, flea beetle, sunscald, perennials, photoperiod, baptisia, confederate jasmine, wireworms, pupa, andromeda, glads, schlumbergera, florigen, cytokinin, incubation, fallow, helleborus orientalis, hamamelis, chinch bug, rut, phloem, blossoms, culms, slumber, repot, bermuda grass, quiescence, aconites, axils, bolls, sterility, exhaustion, estrangement, isolation, maturity, debility, obscuration, alienation, eclipse, gestation, insecurity, introversion, obscurity, poverty, privation, starvation, aggressiveness
More specific:
aestivation, estivation, vegetation
Appears in the definition of:
mount pinatubo, pinatubo
More general:
ease, inaction, inactiveness, relaxation, repose, rest
Synonyms:
Also try:quiescency, sleeping
— Adjectives for dormancy: secondary, long, primary, relative, physiological, innate, induced, prolonged, deep, true, complete, more...
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