| etiolate | 1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants. 2. <medicine> To become pale through disease or absence of light. Origin: F. Etioler to blanch. 1. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays. 2. <medicine> To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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