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   E·ti·o·lat·ed

   /ˈēdēəˌlādəd/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light: "etiolated mung bean seedlings"
   • ▪ having lost vigor or substance; feeble: "a tone of etiolated nostalgia"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from etiolate + -ed2.

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   • 1. etiolation noun

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   What does etiolate mean?

   • The figurative sense of "etiolate" ("to make pallid or feeble") first appeared in the 1800s as a natural outgrowth of the original sense. Recent Examples on the Web Some etiolated form of what might be called Ledeenism lingered on before taking on new life at the outset of the Trump administration. Jacob Heilbrunn, The New Republic, 23 Jan. 2020

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   What is etiolation in plants?

   • Etiolation / iːtiəˈleɪʃən / is a process in flowering plants grown in partial or complete absence of light. It is characterized by long, weak stems; smaller leaves due to longer internodes; and a pale yellow color ( chlorosis ). The development of seedlings in the dark is known as "skotomorphogenesis" and leads to etiolated seedlings.

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   Where does etiolate come from?

   • It's more common to find etiolate and the noun etiolation in science textbooks or botanists' studies. Etiolate comes from the French word étioler, "to blanch," and experts speculate that it may literally mean "to become like straw," from the French Norman étule, "a straw."

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   What does Etiolated stipes mean?

   • Etiolated stipes (elongation without cap maturation) is caused when grown without light. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of etiolated? （尤指植物）黃化的，白化的…

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   Etiolate means to bleach and alter the natural development of a green plant by excluding sunlight, or to make pale or feeble. Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and word history of etiolate from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Etiolated means pale and weak, especially of plants that grow without light. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, synonyms, and translations from Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Etiolated means pale and weak, especially of plants that grow in darkness or low light. Learn how to use this word in sentences, see synonyms and antonyms, and find translations in different languages.

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   to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light: to etiolate celery. to cause to become weakened or sickly; drain of color or vigor. verb (used without object) , e·ti·o·lat·ed, e·ti·o·lat·ing. (of plants) to whiten or grow pale through lack of light. Discover More.

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   verb. make pale or sickly. “alcohol etiolates your skin” see more. adjective. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light. synonyms: blanched, etiolated. colorless, colourless. weak in color; not colorful. verb. bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight. see more.

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   Etiolated means pale or weak because of lack of light or energy. Learn how to use this word in biology and formal contexts with pictures and sentences.

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   6 days ago · Etiolated means whitened, weakened or pale, often due to lack of sunlight or strength. Learn how to use this word in sentences with synonyms and related terms from Collins Dictionary.