dor·mant
ˈdôrmənt/
adjective
adjective:
dormant
- (of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.
"dormant butterflies"
synonyms:
asleep, sleeping, resting; More
inactive,
passive,
inert,
latent,
quiescent
"the tubers lie dormant in the soil until spring"
antonyms:
awake,
active
(of a plant or bud) alive but not actively growing.
synonyms:
asleep, sleeping, resting;
inactive,
passive,
inert,
latent,
quiescent
"the tubers lie dormant in the soil until spring"
antonyms:
awake,
active
(of a volcano) temporarily inactive.
synonyms:
asleep, sleeping, resting; More
inactive,
passive,
inert,
latent,
quiescent
"the tubers lie dormant in the soil until spring"
antonyms:
awake,
active
(of a disease) causing no symptoms but not cured and liable to recur.
synonyms:
asleep, sleeping, resting; More
inactive,
passive,
inert,
latent,
quiescent
"the tubers lie dormant in the soil until spring"
antonyms:
awake,
active
Heraldry
(of an animal) depicted lying with its head on its paws.
Origin
late Middle English (in the senses ‘fixed in position’ and ‘latent’): from Old French, ‘sleeping,’ present participle of
dormir, from Latin
dormire ‘to sleep.’
I am not being argumentative, but I would say my plants are actively growing