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etiolate
('/i/t/i//@/,l/eI/t )

adjective (a)

  • Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light(adj.all)
    Example:
    Etiolated celery.
    Synonym:
    blanched, etiolated
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • make weak by stunting the growth or development of(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • make pale or sickly(verb.body)
    Example:
    Alcohol etiolates your skin.
    source: wordnet30
  • To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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