[ˈiːtɪə(ʊ)leɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make (a plant) pale through lack of light
(e.g: the seedling had been etiolated by having been grown in darkness)


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Origin:
late 18th century: from French étioler, from Norman French étieuler ‘grow into haulm’: see -ate