Meaning

1 senses
  1. Etiolated

More definitions
  • (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light

Origin

French étioler, from Norman French étieuler, ultimately from Old French estuble (“stubble”

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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Forms

more etiolate, most etiolate
Comparativemore etiolate Lesson
Superlativemost etiolate Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light:etiolatedblanched

See also

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