The Collaborative International Dictionary
dormant tree
Dormant \Dor"mant\, n. [See Dormant,
] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or `` sleep.''
--Arch. PuSo
-- Called also dormant tree, dorman tree, dormond, and dormer.
--Halliwell.
Usage examples of "dormant tree".
The long, blond-brown hair and thick beard he wore certainly helped, making Sam look less like a dormant tree slug than most barefaced humans did, and much more like an intelligent being.
Check the walls for scrapings of root with dormant tree-of-life virus in them.