effloresce

Pronunciation: /ˌɛfləˈɹɛs/

The English word “effloresce” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

To burst into bloom; to flower.
Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power.
Of a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization.
Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.
Of the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2).

Etymology

From Latin efflōrēscere, present active infinitive of efflōrēscō (“to bloom, blossom; to flourish”) + -ere (suffix forming infinitives). Efflōrēscō is derived from ef- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + flōrēscō (“to blossom, flower; to begin to flourish or prosper”) (from flōreō (“to bloom, blossom, flower; to flourish, prosper”) (from flōs (“blossom, flower”) (ultimately from…

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