1. Noun
The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
2. Noun
Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.
3. Noun
(botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight; "the etiolation of celery"
Vocabulary classified under Biology
4. Noun
a pale and sickly appearance; "his etiolation signaled years in prison"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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