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Definition of Blanched
1. Adjective. Anemic looking from illness or emotion. "A face white with rage"
Similar to: Colorless, Colourless
Derivative terms: Lividity, Lividness
2. Adjective. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light. "Etiolated celery"
Category relationships: Flora, Plant, Plant Life
Similar to: Colorless, Colourless
Definition of Blanched
1. Adjective. lacking complexion or color ¹
2. Adjective. bleached ¹
3. Verb. (past of blanch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blanched
1. blanch [v] - See also: blanch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blanched
Literary usage of Blanched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"It there branches freely, assuming the form of a large complex blanched rootstock,
and becomes wholly parasitic. It passes its whole mature life under ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"preventing the passage of blood through them, so that, under its influence, the
lungs became blanched and the right side of the heart distended. ..."
3. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by Gerhard Richard Lomer, John William Cunliffe (1915)
"... week-end visit with my friend Jones at his blanched with fear. At nine-forty,
Jones ing, as, in August last, I tested it on a ever. ..."
4. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1871)
"The obelisk of Luxor, brought from Upper Egypt to Paris, has become blanched and
full of small cracks, during the 40 years it has stood on the Place de la ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"It there branches freely, assuming the form of a large complex blanched rootstock,
and becomes wholly parasitic. It passes its whole mature life under ..."
6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"preventing the passage of blood through them, so that, under its influence, the
lungs became blanched and the right side of the heart distended. ..."
7. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by Gerhard Richard Lomer, John William Cunliffe (1915)
"... week-end visit with my friend Jones at his blanched with fear. At nine-forty,
Jones ing, as, in August last, I tested it on a ever. ..."
8. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1871)
"The obelisk of Luxor, brought from Upper Egypt to Paris, has become blanched and
full of small cracks, during the 40 years it has stood on the Place de la ..."
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