etiolate
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e·ti·o·late
(ē'tē-ə-lāt') 
v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates. v.tr.
To become blanched or whitened, as when grown without sunlight.
v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates. v.tr.
- 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.
To become blanched or whitened, as when grown without sunlight.
[French étioler, from Norman French étieuler, to grow into haulm, from éteule, stalk, from Old French esteule, from Vulgar Latin *stupula, from Latin stipula.]
etiolation e'ti·o·la'tion n.Roget's Thesaurus:
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etiolate
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etiolate
to bleach and alter the natural development of by excluding sunlight; to make pale and sickly
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etiolation
Blanching or paleness of a plant grown in the dark; due to lack of chlorophyll.
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