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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. make weak by stunting the growth or development of;

2. bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight;

3. make pale or sickly;
- Example: "alcohol etiolates your skin"


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light;
- Example: "etiolated celery"
[syn: etiolate, etiolated, blanched]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Etiolate \E"ti*o*late\, Etiolated \E"ti*o*la`ted\, a. Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Etiolate \E"ti*o*late\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. Etiolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Etiolating.] [F. ['e]tioler to blanch.] 1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) To become pale through disease or absence of light. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Etiolate \E"ti*o*late\, v. t. 1. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light. Etiolate
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

etiolate adj 1: (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery" [syn: etiolate, etiolated, blanched] v 1: make weak by stunting the growth or development of 2: bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight 3: make pale or sickly; "alcohol etiolates your skin"