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"Etiolate" Definition

verb-intransitive

Botany To become blanched or whitened, as when grown without sunlight.

verb-transitive

Botany To cause (a plant) to develop without chlorophyll by preventing exposure to sunlight.
To cause to appear pale and sickly: a face that was etiolated from years in prison.
To make weak by stunting the growth or development of.

verb

To bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight.
To make pale.
To deprive of natural vigor make feeble.