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    etiolated
    /ˈiːtɪə(ʊ)leɪtɪd/

    adjective

    • 1. (of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light: "etiolated leaf segments"
    • 2. having lost vigour or substance; feeble: "a tone of etiolated nostalgia"

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  2. In the absence of light, plants develop an etiolated growth pattern. The petiole may be up to 18 cm long in etiolated plants, but is more typically up to 10 cm long. Etiolated stipes (elongation without cap maturation) is caused when grown without light. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

  3. to bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight; to make pale; to deprive of natural vigor : make feeble… See the full definition

  4. ETIOLATED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of etiolated in English. etiolated. adjective. biology specialized us / ˈiː.t̬i.ə.leɪ.t̬ɪd / uk / ˈiː.ti.ə.leɪ.tɪd / Add to word list. especially of plants, pale and weak. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Plant pathology. anthracnose. antifungal. apple scab. ash dieback

  5. 1. botany. whitened through lack of sunlight. etoliated leaves. 2. literary. weakened; no longer at full strength. Her voice was thinner than I recalled, etoliated, drained of energy. 3. literary. having a pale or sickly appearance. a pallid, etoliated youth.

  6. To etiolate is to make something, especially a plant, become pale and weak. A lack of sunshine in your back yard might etiolate the roses you planted there.

  7. Definition of etiolated adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. 1. botany. whitened through lack of sunlight. [...] 2. literary. weakened; no longer at full strength. [...] 3. literary. having a pale or sickly appearance. [...] More. Synonyms of 'etiolated' • pale, white, faded, bleached [...] More. Examples of 'etiolated' in a sentence.

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