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1. (v.t.) etiolate
to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light.
2. etiolate
to drain of color or vigor.
3. (v.i.) etiolate
(of plants) to whiten or grow pale through lack of light.
Etymology: (1785–95; < F étioler to make pale)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) etiolate, etiolated, blanched
(especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
"etiolated celery"
2. (verb) etiolate
make weak by stunting the growth or development of
3. (verb) etiolate
bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight
4. (verb) etiolate
make pale or sickly
"alcohol etiolates your skin"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) etiolate
alt. of Etiolated
2. (verb) etiolate
to become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants
3. (verb) etiolate
to become pale through disease or absence of light
4. (verb) etiolate
to blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays
5. (verb) etiolate
to cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light
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