Found 2 items, similar to etiolate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: etiolate etiolate v 1: make weak by stunting the growth or development of 2: bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight 3: make pale or sickly; “alcohol etiolates your skin” etiolate adj : (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; “etiolated celery” [syn: etiolated, blanched]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Etiolate 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) To become pale through disease or absence of light. [1913 Webster] Etiolate \E"ti*o*late\, v. t. 1. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) To cause to grow pale by 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. [1913 Webster]