Etiolated (Adjective)
Meaning
(especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The etiolated seedlings grew long and spindly, reaching desperately for any available light source.
- The etiolated stalks of celery were weak and brittle, lacking the greenness and crunch of their sunlight-nourished counterparts.
- Without adequate light, the plants became etiolated and pale, struggling to undergo photosynthesis.
- The etiolated rose stems looked almost like albino versions of their normally healthy, green-hued selves.
- In the absence of sufficient light, the shoots of the etiolated tomato plants grew weak and stringy, vulnerable to damage.