chlorotic, a.
(klɒˈrɒtɪk)
[f. chlorosis; see -otic. Cf. F. chlorotique.]
1. Pertaining to, or affected with, green sickness.
| 1764 Grainger Sugar Cane iv. 150 The chlorotic fair Oft chalk prefer to the most poignant cates. 1804 Abernethy Surg. Obs. (1826) 115 He was much emaciated..and had a chlorotic appearance. 1873 W. S. Mayo Never Again xv. 199 A sickly sensitiveness that would disgrace a chlorotic girl. |
| fig. 1875 Contemp. Rev. XXVI. 987 Poor, thin, maundering,—we were going to call it chlorotic Christianism. 1881 Standard 7 Oct., Those who devote themselves to depicting chlorotic saints. |
2. Bot. Affected with chlorosis (sense 2 a).
| 1836 Blackw. Mag. XXXIX. 309 The field looks shabby, becomes chlorotic, pines away. 1870 T. L. Phipson Sun 56 A plant..shut up in a dark place..becomes chlorotic; its green colour disappears. |