資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Etiolate \E"ti*o*late\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Etiolated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Etiolating}.] [F. ['e]tioler to blanch.]
1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by
excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
2. (Med.) To become pale through disease or absence of light.
Etiolate \E"ti*o*late\, Etiolated \E"ti*o*la`ted\, a.
Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting
desert regions.
資料來源 : WordNet®
etiolated
adj : (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by
being deprived of light; "etiolated celery" [syn: {etiolate},
{blanched}]