etiolation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French étiolé, past participle of étioler (“to blanch”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]etiolation (countable and uncountable, plural etiolations)
- (botany) Growth process of plants grown in the absence of light, characterized by long, weak stems, fewer leaves and chlorosis.
- (botany) Blanching of plants, accomplished by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
- Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.[1]
Translations
[edit]growth process of plants grown in the absence of light
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References
[edit]- ^ 1839, Robley Dunglison, “ETIOLATION”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC: