Blanched - Definition

blanched

adj 1: 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"; "a face white with rage" [syn:
ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white]
2: (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being
deprived of light; "etiolated celery" [syn: etiolate,
etiolated, blanched]

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