Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In veg. pathol., a sluggish condition of buds or seeds which still possess vitality.
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[11] _Decidit in acutam (febrem) quam cum multis diebus fovisset nec a citris quibus in magna quantitatæ et ex consuetudine vescebatur ... minime abstineret ... ad ultimum in lethargia prolapsus vitam finivit.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi Paul Sabatier 1893
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