1. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
   "etiolated celery"
   - etiolate, blanched

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"

See also: colorless [US], colourless [Brit, Cdn], etiolation

Type of: alter, change, modify, weaken

Encyclopedia: Etiolate

• genus Leontopodium
• genus Leonurus
• genus Lepas
• genus Lepechinia
• genus Lepidium
• genus Lepidobotrys
• genus Lepidochelys
• genus Lepidocybium
• genus Lepidothamnus
• genus Lepiota
• genus Lepisma
• genus Lepisosteus
• genus Lepomis
• genus Leptarrhena
• genus Leptinotarsa
• genus Leptodactylus
• genus Leptoglossus
• genus Leptopteris
• genus Leptoptilus
• genus Leptospira
• genus Leptotyphlops
• genus Lepus
• genus Lespedeza
• genus Lesquerella
• genus Leucadendron