etiolation

Meanings

Plural: etiolations

Noun

• a pale and sickly appearance
  • "his etiolation signaled years in prison"
• the act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of something
  • "the etiolation of the critical tradition"
• (botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight
  • "the etiolation of celery"
• Growth process of plants grown in the absence of light, characterized by long, weak stems, fewer leaves and chlorosis.
• Blanching of plants, accomplished by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
• Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.