Dormant
WordNet
adjective
(1) Inactive but capable of becoming active
"Her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"
(2) Of e.g. volcanos; not erupting and not extinct
"A dormant volcano"
(3) In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
"Dormant buds"
"A hibernating bear"
"Torpid frogs"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From < < , ppr. of .
Adjective
- Inactive, asleep, suspended.
- Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again.
- The bank account was dormant; there had been no transactions in months.
Adjective
- dormant
- asleep