From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Etiolate \E"ti*o*late\ verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Etiolated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Etiolating}.] [F. ['e]tioler to blanch.]
1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
2. (Med.) To become pale through disease or absence of light.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Etiolate \E"ti*o*late\, verb (used with an object)
1. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
2. (Med.) To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Etiolate \E"ti*o*late\, Etiolated \E"ti*o*la'ted\, adjective Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
etiolate
adjective: (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery" [syn: {etiolated}, {blanched}]
verb
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"
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