adjective
anemic looking from illness or emotion
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- 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
adjective
(especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
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- etiolated celery
verb
turn pale, as if in fear
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verb
cook (vegetables) briefly
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- Parboil the beans before freezing them