etiolation
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Perhaps he overlooked the packets’ stern warnings about overcrowding and etiolation and damping off, their instructions to carefully sprinkle pre-wetted soil extremely sparsely with, say, five seeds at a time.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 23, 2019
Its withdrawal does not so immediately destroy the plant, being attended with the etiolation of the parts that are usually colored, but a sudden re-exposure to the sun's rays will now destroy the plant.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
The last, in its wild state, is said to be pernicious, but etiolation changes the products and renders them harmless.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 by Various
He indicated that a favorable combination of etiolation, moisture, rooting medium, and a root-inducing chemical was desirable for successful rooting.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Achromatism -- N. achromatism†; decoloration†, discoloration; pallor, pallidness, pallidity†; paleness &c. adj.; etiolation; neutral tint, monochrome, black and white.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
Pound’s visionary role in leading poetry in English into the modern, after the etiolations of the late 19th century, seems incontestable.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2018
