Hypertext Webster Gateway: "efflorescence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Efflorescence \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
efflorescence
n 1: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: {flower},
{prime}, {peak}, {heyday}, {bloom}, {blossom}, {flush}]
2: any red eruption of the skin [syn: {rash}, {roseola}, {skin
rash}]
3: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
[syn: {blossoming}, {flowering}, {florescence}, {inflorescence},
{anthesis}]
4: a powdery deposit on a surface [syn: {bloom}]
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