1. efflorescence(n = noun.time) bloom, blossom, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime - the period of greatest prosperity or productivity;
is a kind of period, period of time, time period
has particulars: golden age
2. efflorescence(n = noun.state) rash, roseola, skin rash - any red eruption of the skin;
is a kind of eruption
has particulars: heat rash, miliaria, prickly heat, hives, nettle rash, urticaria, urtication
3. efflorescence(n = noun.process) anthesis, blossoming, florescence, flowering, inflorescence - the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms;
is a kind of development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
Derived forms verb effloresce1, adjective efflorescent1
4. efflorescence(n = noun.phenomenon) bloom - a powdery deposit on a surface;
is a kind of crystallisation, crystallization, crystallizing
1. Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth. [1913 Webster]
2. A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc. [1913 Webster]
3. The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc. [1913 Webster]
N powderiness, pulverulence, sandiness, efflorescence, friability, powder, dust, sand, shingle, sawdust, grit, meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule, crumb, seed, grain, particle, limature, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder, flocculi, smoke, cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke, puff of smoke, volume of smoke, sand storm, dust storm, pulverization, comminution, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction, contusion, trituration, levigation, abrasion, detrition, multure, limitation, tripsis, filing, mill, arrastra, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern, quern, koniology, powdery, pulverulent, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny, furfuraceous, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous, psammous, arenose, arenarious, arenaceous, gritty, efflorescent, impalpable, lentiginous, lepidote, sabuline, sporaceous, sporous, pulverizable, friable, crumbly, shivery, pulverized, attrite, in pieces.