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etiolation

/ē′tē-ə-lā′shən/

蜕变,蚀变,黄化,蜕皮

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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Synonyms & Antonyms

as infeebleness

Examples

  • Attention was drawn to the fact that by virtue of the laws which Darwin himself had discovered isolation leads to etiolation.

  • False etiolation depends on a similar abeyance of the chlorophyll, but in this case due to too low a temperature.

  • Laying of Wheat and other cereals is a particular case of etiolation.

  • It seems necessary to draw a distinction between this state and ordinary blanching or etiolation.

  • The last, in its wild state, is said to be pernicious, but etiolation changes the products and renders them harmless.