Etiolate

[i:tiәuleit]

Definition

(verb.) make pale or sickly; 'alcohol etiolates your skin'.

(verb.) bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight.

(verb.) make weak by stunting the growth or development of.

(adj.) (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; 'etiolated celery' .

Editor: Winthrop--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.

(v. i.) To become pale through disease or absence of light.

(v. t.) To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.

(v. t.) To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.

(a.) Alt. of Etiolated

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Bleach, blanch, whiten, make or render white.

v. n. Become white, be whitened, be blanched, be bleached.

Inputed by Elsa

Definition

v.t. (med. bot.) to cause to grow pale from want of light and fresh air.—v.i. to become pale from disease or absence of light.—n. Etiolā′tion.

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