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etiolation
noun as in feebleness
noun as in pallor
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Weak matches
Example Sentences
Attention was drawn to the fact that by virtue of the laws which Darwin himself had discovered isolation leads to etiolation.
False etiolation depends on a similar abeyance of the chlorophyll, but in this case due to too low a temperature.
Laying of Wheat and other cereals is a particular case of etiolation.
It seems necessary to draw a distinction between this state and ordinary blanching or etiolation.
The last, in its wild state, is said to be pernicious, but etiolation changes the products and renders them harmless.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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