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- Dictionaryetiolated/ˈiːtɪə(ʊ)leɪtɪd/
adjective
- 1. (of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light: "etiolated leaf segments"
- 2. having lost vigour or substance; feeble: "a tone of etiolated nostalgia"
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Etiolated means pale and weak, especially of plants that grow without light. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, synonyms, and usage with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
- English (US)
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- Znaczenie Etiolated, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
etiolated definicja: 1. especially of plants, pale and weak...
- Cambridge English Dictionary에서의 의미
ETIOLATED 의미, 정의, ETIOLATED의 정의: 1. especially of plants,...
- Etiolated in Traditional Chinese
etiolated translate: (尤指植物)黃化的,白化的. Learn more in the...
- Translate to Mandarin Chinese
etiolated translate: (尤指植物)黄化的,白化的. Learn more in the...
- English (US)
Etiolate means to bleach and alter the natural development of a green plant by excluding sunlight, or to make pale or feeble. Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and word history of etiolate from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Etiolated means pale and weak, especially of plants, due to lack of light. Learn how to use this word in sentences, see synonyms and related terms, and find translations in different languages.
Definition of etiolated adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Etiolate definition: to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light. See examples of ETIOLATE used in a sentence.
To etiolate is to make something, especially a plant, become pale and weak. A lack of sunshine in your back yard might etiolate the roses you planted there.
adjective. 1. botany. whitened through lack of sunlight. etoliated leaves. 2. literary. weakened; no longer at full strength. Her voice was thinner than I recalled, etoliated, drained of energy. 3. literary. having a pale or sickly appearance. a pallid, etoliated youth. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.