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etiolation

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etiolation /eti·o·la·tion/ (e″te-o-la´shun)
1. blanching or paleness of a plant grown in the dark due to lack of chlorophyll.
2. the process by which the skin becomes pale when deprived of sunlight.

e·ti·o·la·tion (t--lshn)
n.
1. Paleness or pallor resulting from deprivation of light.
2. The process of blanching or making pale by withholding light.

eti·o·late v.

etiolation [e″te-o-la´shun]
1. blanching or paleness of a plant grown in the dark due to lack of chlorophyll.
2. the process by which the skin becomes pale when deprived of sunlight.

etiolation
blanching or paleness of a plant grown in the dark; due to lack of chlorophyll.


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the dialect of an effete social clique, half awake of its own etiolation, capitalising linguistic affectations to convert them to caste marks .
The slow etiolation of liberal Protestantism continued.
This etiolation is even more striking because in certain instances some colors have been preserved, such as the yellow of a lemon in Untitled (Lemon), 2006.
 
 
 
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