etiolate

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If the nut is planted deep this causes much suckering and a tendency to etiolate the buds so they will stand water.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 by Northern Nut Growers Association

V. be white &c. adj.. render white &c. adj.; whiten, bleach, blanch, etiolate, whitewash, silver.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

V. be white &c. adj. render white &c. adj.; whiten, bleach, blanch, etiolate, whitewash, silver.

From Roget's Thesaurus by Roget, Peter Mark

I can not believe that, to produce one roseate complexion, she must etiolate a thousand.

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares