etiolation

American  

[ee-tee-uh-lay-shuhn] / ˌi ti əˈleɪ ʃən /

noun

plural

etiolations

1. the process or result of becoming weak or drained of vigor; enfeeblement.

2. Horticulture. the process or result of etiolating a plant.

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etiolation Scientific  

/ ē′tē-ə-lā′shən /

1. A pathological condition of plants that grow in places that provide insufficient light, as under stones. It is characterized by elongated stems and pale color due to lack of chlorophyll.

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Other Word Forms

• de-etiolation noun

Example Sentences

Perhaps he overlooked the packets’ stern warnings about overcrowding and etiolation and damping off, their instructions to carefully sprinkle pre-wetted soil extremely sparsely with, say, five seeds at a time.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 23, 2019

False etiolation depends on a similar abeyance of the chlorophyll, but in this case due to too low a temperature.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall

The last, in its wild state, is said to be pernicious, but etiolation changes the products and renders them harmless.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 by Various

It seems necessary to draw a distinction between this state and ordinary blanching or etiolation.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

By the fierce battle under every blade, By the etiolation of the shade, By drouth and thirst and things undone half made, Oh, hear!

From A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry by Various