efflorescence

ef·flo·res·cence  (fl-rsns)

n.

1. Botany A state or time of flowering; anthesis.

2.

a. A gradual process of unfolding or developing.

b. The highest point; the culmination. See Synonyms at bloom¹.

3. Chemistry

a. The deposit that results from the process of efflorescing. Also called bloom¹.

b. The process of efflorescing.

c. A growth of salt crystals on a surface caused by evaporation of salt-laden water.

4. Pathology Redness, a rash, or an eruption on the skin.

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efflo·rescent adj.

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efflorescence

Noun

1. the blooming of flowers on a plant

2. a brief period of high-quality artistic activity [Latin efflorescere to blossom]

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efflorescence  (fl-rsns)

1. A whitish, powdery deposit on the surface of rocks or soil in dry regions. It is formed as mineral-rich water rises to the surface through capillary action and then evaporates. Efflorescence usually consists of gypsum, salt, or calcite.

2. See anthesis.

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efflorescence

the process of flowering or blooming. — efflorescent, adj.

See also: Flowers

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the property of a substance to yield up water through evaporation. Cf. deliquescence. See also processes. — efflorescent, adj.

See also: Water

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	efflorescence - the period of greatest prosperity or productivity flush, heyday, peak, prime, blossom, flower, bloom period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" golden age - a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak; "it was the golden age of cinema"
	2.	efflorescence - any red eruption of the skin         rash, roseola, skin rash eruption - symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible heat rash, miliaria, prickly heat - obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity hives, nettle rash, urticaria, urtication - an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs
	3.	efflorescence - the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms anthesis, blossoming, florescence, flowering, inflorescence growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
	4.	efflorescence - a powdery deposit on a surface bloom crystallisation, crystallization, crystallizing - the formation of crystals