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- Dictionaryetiolated/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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adjective. biology specialized uk / ˈiː.ti.ə.leɪ.tɪd / us / ˈiː.t̬i.ə.leɪ.t̬ɪd / Add to word list. especially of plants, pale and weak. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Plant pathology. anthracnose. antifungal. apple scab. ash dieback. auxin. canker. downy mildew. dry rot. Dutch elm disease. excrescence. fungicidal. fungicide.
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
(Definition of etiolated from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of etiolated. etiolated. If you want a photograph of a flock of flamingos standing in the shape of an etiolated duckling with its feet stapled together, then take your custom elsewhere. From Huffington Post.
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.
adjective. 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. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Etiolate definition: to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light. See examples of ETIOLATE used in a sentence.
Definition of etiolated adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light. 2. to drain of color or vigor. v.i. 3. (of plants) to whiten or grow pale through lack of light. [1785–95; < French étioler to make pale]
Dictionary Meanings. Etiolated Definition. Meanings. Sentences. Definition Source. Verb. Adjective. Filter. verb. Simple past tense and past participle of etiolate. Wiktionary. adjective. Blanched because of sunlight deprivation or excessive exposure to sunlight. Birds inhabiting desert regions have an etiolated appearance. Wiktionary.
Etiolate definition: To cause (a plant) to develop without chlorophyll by preventing exposure to sunlight.
