decolor

This extracts the chlorophyll, but a microscopic examination of the decolored cells shows that the bands remain unchanged, except for the absence of color.

Antonyms: progress, advancement, improvement. decolor, v. decolorate, decolorize. decorate, v. embellish, adorn, beautify, ornament, garnish, enrich, trim, bedizen, bedeck. decorated, a. embellished, ornate, ornamented, trimmed.

Cover the dish with a conical chimney made of tin and expose to the upper opening the flowers that are to be decolored.

Soon after bunches of white hair appeared on the occiput, and in the succeeding years small patches of decolored hairs were observed also on the anterior and lateral portions of the scalp.