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   etiolate

   /ˈiːtɪə(ʊ)leɪt/

   verb

   • 1. make (a plant) pale through lack of light: "the seedling had been etiolated by having been grown in darkness"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from French étioler, from Norman French étieuler ‘grow into haulm’: see -ate3.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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