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etiolated

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈiː.tɪ.ə(ʊ).leɪ.tɪd/Part of speech adjectiveSorted adeeilottStarts with EEnds with D0 clues
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  1. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light

Word origin

From etiolate + -ed (suffix forming verbs).

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  • If there is too great an accumulation of oxygen, as when a plant is kept in a dark place, then it will grow towards the nearest ray of light, which if it does not reach, it will remain white, or etiolated, and sickly.
  • Seedlings are elongated and have closed cotyledons in the dark (aetiolated) while the hypocotyls are short and the cotyledons are open in the light (de-aetiolated).
  • Birds inhabiting desert regions have an etiolated appearance.

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