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单词 etiolation
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Example sentences from the Web for etiolation

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

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891|Various
  • Attention was drawn to the fact that by virtue of the laws which Darwin himself had discovered isolation leads to etiolation.

    Evolution in Modern Thought|Ernst Haeckel
  • Laying of Wheat and other cereals is a particular case of etiolation.

    Disease in Plants|H. Marshall Ward
  • It seems necessary to draw a distinction between this state and ordinary blanching or etiolation.

    Vegetable Teratology|Maxwell T. Masters

etiolation

[ ē′tē-ə-lāshən ]
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n.

Paleness or pallor resulting from deprivation of light.
The process of blanching or making pale by withholding light.

Other words from etiolation

eti•o•late′ v.

Words nearby etiolation

etic, e-ticket, etidronate disodium, Étienne, etiolate, etiolation, etiologic, etiology, etiquette, Etna, ETO
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Scientific definitions for etiolation

etiolation
[ ē′tē-ə-lāshən ]

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.

Other words from etiolation

etiolate verb
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