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Definition of etiolated in English: etiolatedadjective ˈiːtɪəˌleɪtɪdˈidiəˌleɪdəd 1(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light. Example sentencesExamples - Exposure of etiolated cereal leaves to red light results in unrolling.
- Small amounts of such products have been observed by other groups in protein samples from etiolated barley and wheat seedlings.
- These plants continued to grow without light and developed new etiolated leaves.
- Although expression of carotenoid genes does occur in etiolated plants, their synthesis is stimulated on transfer to light.
- Flowering continues but decreases through at least three seasons without burning; in long unburned sites, plants are etiolated and flower rarely if at all.
- It is found in leaves, etiolated tissues, seeds, roots, fruits, and tubers in the chloroplast as well as in the cytosol.
Synonyms pale, pallid, ashen, white, white as a sheet, grey 2Having lost vigour or substance; feeble. a tone of etiolated nostalgia Example sentencesExamples - Apart from an elongated waist which gave him the look of the etiolated shadow of a much taller man, he was not altogether bad looking.
- He felt etiolated and unkempt.
Synonyms feeble, weak, insipid, pallid, pale, wishy-washy, vapid, bland, poor, puny, flat, inadequate
Origin Late 18th century: from etiolate + -ed2. Definition of etiolated in US English: etiolatedadjectiveˈēdēəˌlādədˈidiəˌleɪdəd 1(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light. etiolated mung bean seedlings Example sentencesExamples - Although expression of carotenoid genes does occur in etiolated plants, their synthesis is stimulated on transfer to light.
- Flowering continues but decreases through at least three seasons without burning; in long unburned sites, plants are etiolated and flower rarely if at all.
- Exposure of etiolated cereal leaves to red light results in unrolling.
- Small amounts of such products have been observed by other groups in protein samples from etiolated barley and wheat seedlings.
- These plants continued to grow without light and developed new etiolated leaves.
- It is found in leaves, etiolated tissues, seeds, roots, fruits, and tubers in the chloroplast as well as in the cytosol.
Synonyms pale, pallid, ashen, white, white as a sheet, grey - 1.1 Having lost vigor or substance; feeble.
a tone of etiolated nostalgia Example sentencesExamples - He felt etiolated and unkempt.
- Apart from an elongated waist which gave him the look of the etiolated shadow of a much taller man, he was not altogether bad looking.
Synonyms feeble, weak, insipid, pallid, pale, wishy-washy, vapid, bland, poor, puny, flat, inadequate
Origin Late 18th century: from etiolate + -ed. |