blanched

(verb) turn pale, as if in fear. Synonyms: pale, blanch, blench.

(verb) cook (vegetables) briefly. Synonyms: blanch, parboil. Example: "Parboil the beans before freezing them."

(adj) anemic looking from illness or emotion. Synonyms: ashen, bloodless, livid, white. Examples: "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."

(adj) (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light. Synonyms: etiolate, etiolated. Example: "Etiolated celery."