Etiolation
or BLANCHING, of plants is a state produced by the absence of light, by which the green color is prevented from appearing. It is effected artificially, as in the case of celery, by raising up the earth about the stalks of the plants; by tying the leaves together to keep the inner ones from the light; by covering with pots, boxes, or the like, or by setting in a dark place. The green color of etiolated plants may be restored by exposure to light.
ETIVE (et'iv), LOCH, an inlet of the sea on the W. coast of Scotland, county Argyle, nearly 20 miles long, of very unequal br breadth, but at the broadest part about 1½ miles. The scenery of its shores is very beautiful. About three miles from the sea, at Connel Ferry, a ridge of sunken rocks crossing it causes a turbulent rapid, which at half-tide forms a sort of waterfall.