Found 2 items, similar to Efflorescence.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: efflorescence 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Efflorescence Efflorescence \Ef`flo*res"cence\, n. [F. efflorescence.] 1. (Bot.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]