etiolate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: etiolate	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for etiolate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
etiolate adj (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery" Synonym(s): etiolate, etiolated, blanched v make weak by stunting the growth or development of bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight make pale or sickly; "alcohol etiolates your skin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Etiolate \E"tiolate\, Etiolated \E"tiola`ted\, a. Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Etiolate \E"tiolate\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Etiolated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Etiolating}.] [F. [82]tioler to blanch.] 1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants. 2. (Med.) To become pale through disease or absence of light.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Etiolate \E"tiolate\, v. t. 1. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays. 2. (Med.) To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.