etiolation

etiolation is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
2. noun. Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.
3. noun. (botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight

   "the etiolation of celery"

4. noun. the act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of something

   "the etiolation of the critical tradition"

5. noun. a pale and sickly appearance

   "his etiolation signaled years in prison"

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