Effloresce(v. i.) To blossom forth.
Effloresce(v. i.) 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.
Effloresce(v. i.) 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 in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere.
Effloresced(imp. & p. p.) of Effloresce
Efflorescence(n.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.
Efflorescence(n.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.
Efflorescence(n.) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc.
Efflorescence(n.) The powder or crust thus formed.
Efflorescency(n.) The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence.
Efflorescent(v. i.) That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt.
Efflorescent(v. i.) Covered with an efflorescence.
Efflorescing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effloresce
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