Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1.
a pale and sickly appearance;
- Example: "his etiolation signaled years in prison"2.
the act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of something;
- Example: "the etiolation of the critical tradition"3.
(botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight;
- Example: "the etiolation of celery"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Etiolation \E`ti*o*la"tion\, n.
1. The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light
of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
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2. (Med.) Paleness produced by absence of light, or by
disease. --Dunglison.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
etiolation
n 1: a pale and sickly appearance; "his etiolation signaled
years in prison"
2: the act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of
something; "the etiolation of the critical tradition"
3: (botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without
chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight; "the
etiolation of celery"