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etiolation

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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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On this page you'll find 50 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to etiolation, such as: debility, decrepitude, delicacy, disease, enervation, and exhaustion.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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