dormant period

collocation in English

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dormant
adjective
uk
/ˈdɔː.mənt/us
/ˈdɔːr.mənt/
Something that is dormant is not active or growing but has the ability to be active at a ...
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period
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us
/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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(Definition ofdormantandperiodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thedormantperiodis associated generally with a minimum of endogenous metabolic activity, resulting in very little loss of storage reserves.
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Plant breeders are especially keen to manipulate the duration of thedormantperiodin order to synchronize growth periods and, therefore, to produce more than one generation per year.
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Therefore, the possibility that dierences (or lack of dierences) in the duration of thedormantperiod are due to factors such as temperature cannot be ruled out.
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It need not necessarily be adormantperiod.
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In spite of thedormantperiod, this issue has not gone away.
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Therefore, it is essential, indeed imperative, that this submission is made prior to thisdormantperiod.
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Many begonias will grow and flower year-round except for tuberous begonias, which usually have adormantperiod.
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The observatory then went into adormantperiodafter 1982.
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All works should be done during thedormantperiod, winter in temperate zones.
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They require warmth frequent watering, and should not be given adormantperiod.
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Watering should be withheld during thedormantperiod.
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It prefers dry conditions during itsdormantperiodin the summer.
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After a brief anddormantperiod, however, the bandits/guerrillas counterattacked in the spring of 1950.
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In cultivation, thedormantperiodis unnecessary and the plants may be grown as any subtropical plant, although dormancy can result in somewhat larger pitchers.
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Prune each vine every year during thedormantperiod.
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During thisdormantperiod, the tubers can be stored in a cool, dry place.
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Thedormantperiodit spends in the summer is underground and for several months, as mammals do in the winter.
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This shortened growing period and extendeddormantperiodexplains why the hair on the head tends to be much longer than other hair found on the body.
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