etiolation
(iːtɪəʊˈleɪʃən)
[f. etiolate v.: see -ation.]
The action of etiolating; the process of becoming, or the condition of being, etiolated.
| 1799 Sir H. Davy in Beddoes Contrib. to Phys. & Med. Knowledge 188 Plants, in the process of etiolation, lose the light combined with their leaves, and become white. 1816 Keith Phys. Bot. II. 498 Etiolation may also ensue from the depredation of insects. 1844 N. Brit. Rev. II. 81 Newton smoked himself into a state of absolute etiolation. 1845 Carlyle Cromwell (1873) i. i. 9 This is the collapse, the etiolation of human features into mouldy blank. 1882 Vines Sachs' Bot. 754 It is remarkable that etiolation does not extend to the flowers. |