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What (who) is etiolate - definition

PROCESS IN FLOWERING PLANTS GROWN IN PARTIAL OR COMPLETE ABSENCE OF LIGHT. IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY LONG, WEAK STEMS; SMALLER LEAVES DUE TO LONGER INTERNODES
Etiolate; De-etiolation; Deetiolation

etiolate         
I. v. a.
Bleach, blanch, whiten, make or render white.
II. v. n.
Become white, be whitened, be blanched, be bleached.
Etiolate         
·adj ·Alt. of Etiolated.
II. Etiolate ·vi To become pale through disease or absence of light.
III. Etiolate ·vt To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.
IV. Etiolate ·vi To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
V. Etiolate ·vt To Blanch; to Bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
Etiolation         
·noun Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.
II. Etiolation ·noun The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.

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Etiolation

Etiolation is a process in flowering plants grown in partial or complete absence of light. It is characterized by long, weak stems; smaller leaves due to longer internodes; and a pale yellow color (chlorosis). The development of seedlings in the dark is known as "skotomorphogenesis" and leads to etiolated seedlings.