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View synonyms for etiolation
etiolation
/ ē′tē-ə-lā′shən /
- A pathological condition of plants that grow in places that provide insufficient light, as under stones. It is characterized by elongated stems and pale color due to lack of chlorophyll.
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Attention was drawn to the fact that by virtue of the laws which Darwin himself had discovered isolation leads to etiolation.
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False etiolation depends on a similar abeyance of the chlorophyll, but in this case due to too low a temperature.
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Laying of Wheat and other cereals is a particular case of etiolation.
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It seems necessary to draw a distinction between this state and ordinary blanching or etiolation.
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The last, in its wild state, is said to be pernicious, but etiolation changes the products and renders them harmless.
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