make pale or sickly; "alcohol etiolates your skin" bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight make weak by stunting the growth or development of (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery
{f} whiten a plant by depriving it of sunlight; become pale and weakly (especially from sunlight deprivation)
bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight make weak by stunting the growth or development of (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery
To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants
(botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight; "the etiolation of celery" the act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of something; "the etiolation of the critical tradition" a pale and sickly appearance; "his etiolation signaled years in prison