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1. (v.i.) effloresce
to burst into bloom; blossom.
2. effloresce
to change to a mealy or powdery substance upon exposure to air, as a crystalline substance through loss of water of crystallization.
3. effloresce
to become incrusted with crystals of salt or the like through evaporation or chemical change.
Etymology: (1765–75; < L efflōrēscere=ef-ef - +flōrēscere to begin to bloom)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) effloresce, burst forth
come into or as if into flower
"These manifestations effloresced in the past"
2. (verb) crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, effloresce
assume crystalline form; become crystallized
3. (verb) effloresce
become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) effloresce
to blossom forth
2. (verb) effloresce
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
3. (verb) effloresce
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
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