About The Word Etiolate
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Etiolate
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What's The Definition Of Etiolate?
[adj] (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery"
[v] bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight [v] make pale or sickly; "alcohol etiolates your skin" [v] make weak by stunting the growth or development of Synonyms | Synonyms for Etiolate: blanched | colorless | colourless | etiolated Related Terms | Find terms related to Etiolate: See Also | alter | change | weaken Etiolate In Webster's Dictionary \E"ti*o*late\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Etiolated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Etiolating}.] [F. ['e]tioler to blanch.]
1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by
excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
2. (Med.) To become pale through disease or absence of light.
\E"ti*o*late\, v. t. 1. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays. 2. (Med.) To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light. \E"ti*o*late\, Etiolated \E"ti*o*la`ted\, a. Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions. |
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