etiolation

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French étiolé, past participle of étioler (“to blanch”).

Noun

etiolation (countable and uncountable, plural etiolations)

1. (botany) growth process of plants grown in the absence of light, characterized by long, weak stems, fewer leaves and chlorosis
2. (botany) The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
3. Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.

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Translations

growth process of plants grown in the absence of light

• Irish: eitialacht f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: eziolamento (it) m