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Effloresce

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo burst into bloom; to flower.
2.VerbOf something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power.
3.VerbSenses relating to chemistry. 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).
4.VerbOf a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization.
5.VerbOf 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.
6.VerbOf the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2).
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