etiolation

American  

[ee-tee-uh-lay-shuhn] / ˌi ti əˈleɪ ʃən /

noun

• etiolations
  plural

1. the process or result of becoming weak or drained of vigor; enfeeblement.

2. Horticulture. the process or result of etiolating a plant.

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etiolation Scientific  

/ ē′tē-ə-lā′shən /

1. 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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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• de-etiolation
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• etiolations
  plural

Example Sentences

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etiolation etiolations

Perhaps he overlooked the packets’ stern warnings about overcrowding and etiolation and damping off, their instructions to carefully sprinkle pre-wetted soil extremely sparsely with, say, five seeds at a time.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 23, 2019

The last, in its wild state, is said to be pernicious, but etiolation changes the products and renders them harmless.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 by Various

Laying of Wheat and other cereals is a particular case of etiolation.

From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward

The dullness of the scholastic atmosphere the grey, intolerant mediocrity that is the natural or assumed quality of every upper-class schoolmaster, is the true cause of the spiritual etiolation of "Kappa's" young friend.

From An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

By the fierce battle under every blade, By the etiolation of the shade, By drouth and thirst and things undone half made, Oh, hear!

From A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry by Various

Pound’s visionary role in leading poetry in English into the modern, after the etiolations of the late 19th century, seems incontestable.

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2018