etiolated
- adjective
- /ˈiːtiəˌleɪtɪd/
- Specialized
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etiolado
- After weeks without sunlight, the lettuce became etiolated, losing its vibrant green color and looking weak.
Examples
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The etiolated plant struggled to survive in the dark corner of the room, its leaves turning pale and yellow.
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The picture, when visible at all, is etiolated and sketchy.
Academic text (2002) -
His pasty face looked like an etiolated sea creature jerked into sunlight.
Fiction book (1993) -
At eighteen, tall and blanched like an etiolated shoot, Unic is the younger of the two cyclists.
Fiction book (1999) -
He lifted his eyes to the etiolated sky, so bleached out it too seemed as pale and as unmoving as the water.
Fiction book (1996) -
In the absence of adequate light, the seedlings grew etiolated, their stems stretching tall and thin, looking pale and unhealthy.
Synonyms
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Has very light color and often looks sick or afraid
Grown without light so plant parts like celery become pale and tender
Pale yellow in leaves that lack green or in people with little red blood
Antonyms
How Pale
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Morphology
Etymology
Etiolated comes from the French verb étioler, which means 'to make pale'. So an etiolated plant is one that has become 'pale and weak' because it grew without enough light.