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Efflorescence

Efflorescence Meaning & Definition
Efflorescence Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Efflorescence?

[n] a powdery deposit on a surface
[n] the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
[n] the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
[n] any red eruption of the skin

Synonyms | Synonyms for Efflorescence: anthesis | bloom | bloom | blossom | blossoming | florescence | flower | flowering | flush | heyday | inflorescence | peak | prime | rash | roseola | skin rash

Related Terms | Find terms related to Efflorescence:

See Also | crystallisation | crystallization | crystallizing | development | eruption | growing | growth | heat rash | hives | maturation | miliaria | nettle rash | ontogenesis | ontogeny | period | period of time | prickly heat | time period | urticaria | urtication

Efflorescence In Webster's Dictionary

\Ef`flo*res"cence\, n. [F. efflorescence.] 1. (Bot.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth. 2. (Med.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc. 3. (Chem.) (a) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc. (b) The powder or crust thus formed.

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