etiolated

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Of a plant or part of a plant: pale and weak because of sunlight deprivation or excessive exposure to sunlight.

   “If there is too great an accumulation of oxygen, as when a plant is kept in a dark place, then it will grow towards the nearest ray of light, which if it does not reach, it will remain white, or etiolated, and sickly.”

2. sıfat Of a plant: intentionally grown in the dark.

   “It is a fact well known to gardeners, that plants, when blanched, lose many of their active properties; and dandelion thus prepared, is frequently eaten on the continent in salads; [...] The French eat the young roots, and the etiolated leaves, with thin slices of bread and butter; [...]”

3. sıfat Of an animal or person: having an ashen or pale appearance; also, haggard or thin; physically weak.

   “Birds inhabiting desert regions have an etiolated appearance.”

4. sıfat Lacking in vigour; anemic, feeble.

   “Convinced republican that I am, and foe of the Prince [Charles, Prince of Wales] who talks to plants and wants to be crowned "head of all faiths" as well as the etiolated Church of England, I find myself pierced by a pang of sympathy.”

5. fiil simple past and past participle of etiolate