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Etiolation
Etiolation (pron) is a process in flowering plants grown in partial or complete absence of light. It is characterized by long, weak stems; smaller, sparser leaves due to longer internodes; and a pale yellow color (chlorosis). It increases the likelihood that a plant will reach a light source, often...
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etiolation
A phenomenon exhibited by plants grown in the dark: etiolated plants are pale yellow and have long internodes and small leaves.
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Etiolation
Excessive spindliness in plants, owing to insufficient light or to disease. A phenomenon exhibited by plants grown in the dark; etiolated plants are pale yellow and have long internodes and small leaves.
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etiolation
(Green plants as organisms) grown tall, thin and yellow due to lack of sunlight
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etiolation
Growth habit adopted by germinating seedlings in the dark. Involves rapid extension of shoot and/or hypocotyl and suppression of chlorophyll formation and leaf growth.
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Etiolation
E`ti·o·la'tion noun 1. The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant. 2. (Medicine) Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease. Dunglison.
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etiolation
<botany> Growth habit adopted by germinating seedlings in the dark. Involves rapid extension of shoot and/or hypocotyl and suppression of chlorophyll formation and leaf growth. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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etiolation
noun (botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight; `the etiolation of celery`
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etiolation
noun a pale and sickly appearance; `his etiolation signaled years in prison`
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Etiolation
• (n.) Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease. • (n.) The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
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etiolation
etiolation 1. Paleness or pallor resulting from absence of light, as in people confined because of illness or imprisonment, or in plants bleached by being deprived of light. 2. The process of blanching, bleaching, or making pale by withholding light
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Etiolation
Etiolation or blanching of plants, is a state produced by the absence of light, by which the green colour is prevented from appearing. It is effected artificially, as in the case of celery, by raising up -the earth about the stalks of the plants; by tying the leaves together to keep the inner ones f...
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etiolation
Type: Term Pronunciation: ē′tē-ō-lā′shŭn Definitions: 1. Paleness or pallor resulting from absence of light, as in persons confined because of illness or imprisonment, or in plants bleached by being deprived of light. 2. The process of blanching, bleaching, or ma...
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etiolation
In botany, a form of growth seen in plants receiving insufficient light. It is characterized by long, weak stems, small leaves, and a pale yellowish colour (chlorosis) due to a lack of chlorophyll. The rapid increase in height enables a plant that is surrounded by others to quickly gain access to li...
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etiolation
1) Appearance 2) Visual aspect
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