effloresce
[verb]
Synonyms: blossom, bloom, blow, burgeon, flower, outbloom

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effloresce verb intrans. [ɛflǝ'rɛs] L18.
[Latin efflorescere, from EF- + florescere inceptive of florere to blossom, from flor-, flos flower: see -ESCE.]
1. Bloom, burst out into or as into flower. L18.

2. a. Chemistry. Of a crystalline substance: turn to fine powder through loss of water or exposure to air. L18.
b. Of a salt: be carried in solution to the surface of the ground etc. and crystallize there. Of the ground, a wall, or other surface: become covered with particles of a salt. E19.

3. fig. Blossom out; become manifest. M19.

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