etiolated

e·ti·o·late  (t--lt)

v. e·ti·o·lat·ed, e·ti·o·lat·ing, e·ti·o·lates

v.tr.

1. Botany To cause (a plant) to develop without chlorophyll by preventing exposure to sunlight.

2.

a. To cause to appear pale and sickly: a face that was etiolated from years in prison.

b. To make weak by stunting the growth or development of.

v.intr. Botany

To become blanched or whitened, as when grown without sunlight.

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[French étioler, from Norman French étieuler, to grow into haulm, from éteule, stalk, from Old French esteule, from Vulgar Latin *stupula, from Latin stipula.]

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eti·o·lation n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

etiolated - (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery" etiolate, blanched plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful