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Word: Etiolate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 18th century: from French étioler, from Norman French étieuler ‘grow into haulm’: see -ate
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈiːtɪə(ʊ)leɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
make (a plant) pale through lack of light
Short Definition:make plant pale through lack of light
Examples:- the seedling had been etiolated by having been grown in darkness
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