etiolate
11etiolate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To lose normal coloration; turn pale: blanch, bleach, pale, wan. See COLORS …
12etiolate — v. whiten a plant by depriving it of sunlight; become pale and weakly (especially from sunlight deprivation) …
13etiolate — I. v. a. Bleach, blanch, whiten, make or render white. II. v. n. Become white, be whitened, be blanched, be bleached …
14etiolate — v blanch, blench, whiten, make white or pale; achromatize, bleach, wash out; grow white or pale, pale, fade, lose color …
15etiolate — eti·o·late …
16etiolate — e•ti•o•late [[t]ˈi ti əˌleɪt[/t]] v. lat•ed, lat•ing 1) bot ppa to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light 2) cvb to drain of color or vigor 3) bot ppa (of plants) to whiten or grow pale through lack of light • Etymology:… …
17etiolate — [c]/ˈitioʊleɪt/ (say eeteeohlayt) verb (etiolated, etiolating) –verb (t) 1. to cause (a plant) to whiten by excluding light. –verb (i) 2. to become blanched or whitened, as when grown without sunlight. {French étioler blanch + ate1} –etiolation… …
18etiolate — v.t. make pale or sickly, especially by depriving of light. ♦ etiolated, a. ♦ etiolation, n …
19etiolate — v.tr. 1 make (a plant) pale by excluding light. 2 give a sickly hue to (a person). Derivatives: etiolation n. Etymology: F eacutetioler f. Norman F eacutetieuler make into haulm f. eacuteteule ult. f. L stipula straw …
20blanched etiolate etiolated whitened — Colorless Col or*less, a. 1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water; a colorless gas. Note: [Narrower terms: {ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen}; {neutral}; {white}] [Also See:… …
