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efflorescence - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'efflorescence' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Efflorescence [ n.]
- Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.
- A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.
- The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc.
- The powder or crust thus formed.