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What does etiolation mean?

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Noun
  1. (botany) growth process of plants grown in the absence of light, characterized by long, weak stems, fewer leaves and chlorosis
  2. (botany) The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
  3. Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.
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Surprisingly, the bulk of leaf tissue remained green and without visible etiolation under anoxia.
The first symptom is needle etiolation in summer.
Laying of Wheat and other cereals is a particular case of etiolation.
Attention was drawn to the fact that by virtue of the laws which Darwin himself had discovered isolation leads to etiolation.
The last, in its wild state, is said to be pernicious, but etiolation changes the products and renders them harmless.
To stimulate flowering, but to avoid the etiolation, fertilize with low concentrations out of nitrogen and much of phosphorus.

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