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effloresce
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb effloresce has 3 senses
- effloresce(v = verb.change) burst forth - come into or as if into flower; "These manifestations effloresced in the past" is one way to bloom, blossom, flower
- effloresce(v = verb.change) crystalise, crystalize, crystallize - assume crystalline form; become crystallized; Array is one way to solidify
- effloresce(v = verb.change) Array - become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation; Array is one way to encrust, incrust
Derived forms noun efflorescence3, adjective efflorescent1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
effloresce, v. i. [L. efflorescere to bloom, blossom; ex + florescere to begin to blossom, incho., fr. florere to blossom, fr. flos a flower. See Flower.].
- To blossom forth. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
- To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce. [1913 Webster]
- To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
effloresce, v.intr.
1 burst out into flower.
2 Chem. a (of a substance) turn to a fine powder on exposure to air. b (of salts) come to the surface and crystallize on it. c (of a surface) become covered with salt particles.
1 burst out into flower.
2 Chem. a (of a substance) turn to a fine powder on exposure to air. b (of salts) come to the surface and crystallize on it. c (of a surface) become covered with salt particles.
Derivative
efflorescence n. efflorescent adj.
Etymology
L efflorescere (as EX-(1), florere to bloom f. flos floris flower)
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