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Definition of Etiolation

1. Noun. A pale and sickly appearance. "His etiolation signaled years in prison"

2. Noun. The act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of something. "The etiolation of the critical tradition"

3. Noun. (botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight. "The etiolation of celery"

Definition of Etiolation

1. n. The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.

Definition of Etiolation

1. Noun. (botany) growth process of plants grown in the absence of light, characterized by long, weak stems, fewer leaves and chlorosis ¹

2. Noun. (botany) The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant. ¹

3. Noun. Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Etiolation

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Medical Definition of Etiolation

1. Growth habit adopted by germinating seedlings in the dark. Involves rapid extension of shoot and/or hypocotyl and suppression of chlorophyll formation and leaf growth. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Etiolation

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etiological etiologically etiologics etiologies etiologist etiologists etiology etiopathic etiopathogeneses etiopathogenesis

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