What is the meaning of blanched?

Turn pale, as if in fear.
- synonyms: pale, blanch, blench
Cook (vegetables) briefly.
- usage: "Parboil the beans before freezing them"
- synonyms: blanch, parboil

Anemic looking from illness or emotion.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: ashen, bloodless, livid, white
Especially of plants. ( developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light)
- usage: "etiolated celery"
- synonyms: etiolate, etiolated

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