etiolated - Definition and Meaning

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(adjective)

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(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light

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etiolated leaf segments

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(adjective)

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having lost vigour or substance; feeble

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a tone of etiolated nostalgia

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(verb)

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make (a plant) pale through lack of light

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the seedling had been etiolated by having been grown in darkness