Etiolate meaning
To cause (a plant) to develop without chlorophyll by preventing exposure to sunlight.
verb
To cause to appear pale and sickly.
A face that was etiolated from years in prison.
verb
To make weak by stunting the growth or development of.
verb
To become blanched or whitened, as when grown without sunlight.
verb
To cause to be pale and unhealthy.
verb
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To deprive of strength; weaken.
verb
To blanch or bleach by depriving of sunlight.
verb
(intransitive) To become pale or blanched.
verb
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Etiolated.
adjective
Origin of etiolate
French étioler from Norman French étieuler to grow into haulm from éteule stalk from Old French esteule from Vulgar Latin stupula from Latin stipula