etiolating

英['iːtɪəʊleɪt] 美['iːtɪəˌleɪt]
  • v.[植]黄化;白化vt.使苍白和衰弱;阻碍...的生长
etiolation etiolated etiolated etiolating etiolates
Adjective:
  1. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light;

    "etiolated celery"

Verb:
  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"

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