'Efflorescence' definitions:

Definition of 'efflorescence'

From: WordNet
noun
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush]
noun
Any red eruption of the skin [syn: rash, roseola, efflorescence, skin rash]
noun
The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms [syn: blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence]
noun
A powdery deposit on a surface [syn: efflorescence, bloom]

Definition of 'Efflorescence'

From: GCIDE
  • Efflorescence \Ef`flo*res"cence\, n. [F. efflorescence.]
  • 1. (Bot.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Med.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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