blanched (adj.)

  1. anemic looking from illness or emotion; a face turned ashen; the invalids blanched cheeks; tried to speak with bloodless lips; a face livid with shock; lips...livid with the hue of death- Mary W. Shelley; lips white with terror; a face white with rage

    [ Syn: ashen , bloodless , livid , white ]

  2. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; etiolated celery

    [ Syn: etiolate , etiolated ]

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