blanched

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blanched Definition

• (s) ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid''s 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
• (s) (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery"

blanched Synonyms

• ashen
• blanched
• bloodless
• etiolate
• etiolated
• livid
• white