e·ti·o·late (ētē-ə-lāt)
v. e·ti·o·lat·ed, e·ti·o·lat·ing, e·ti·o·lates
v. tr.
► Botany. To cause (a plant) to develop without chlorophyll by preventing exposure to sunlight.
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■ 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.
v. intr. Botany
To become blanched or whitened, as when grown without sunlight.

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etiolate
[French étioler, from Norman French étieuler, to grow into haulm, from éteule, stalk, from Old French esteule, from Vulgar Latin *stupula, from Latin stipula.]

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etiolate
eti·o·lation n.

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