Definition of effloresce Effloresce

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We found 11 definitions of effloresce from 5 different sources.

What does effloresce mean?

Verb effloresces, efflorescing, effloresced
effloresce - come into or as if into flower; "These manifestations effloresced in the past"
		burst forth
		bloom, flower, blossom produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed"
effloresce - become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation
		encrust, incrust form a crust or a hard layer
effloresce - assume crystalline form; become crystallized
		crystallize, crystalize, crystalise
		solidify become solid; "The metal solidified when it cooled"
		devitrify make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque

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effloresce (Verb)
To burst into bloom; to flower.
effloresce (Verb)
To change from being crystalline to being powdery by losing water of crystallization .
effloresce (Verb)
To become covered with powder.

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.

effloresce
ef-flo-res′, v.i. to blossom forth: (chem.) to become covered with a white dust: to form minute crystals.—ns. Efflores′cence, Efflores′cency, production of flowers: the time of flowering: a redness of the skin: the formation of a white powder on the surface of bodies, or of minute crystals.—adj. Efflores′cent, forming a white dust on the surface: shooting into white threads. [L. efflorescĕre—ex, out, florescĕre, to blossom—flos, floris, a flower.]