adj
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French;Origin: étioler, from Old North French étieuler 'to leave short stiff pieces after a field of wheat has been cut', from Latin stipula 'straw']
literary pale and weak
technical a plant that is etiolated is weak and not very green because it has not received enough light
>etiolation [,iːtiə'leɪʃən/