etiolate
Meanings
verb
- To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
- To make pale and sickly-looking.
- To become pale or blanched.
adj
- etiolated
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Etymology
French étioler, from Norman French étieuler, ultimately from Old French estuble (“stubble”), from Latin stupla, from stipula (“straw, stubble”) (English stubble).
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