efflorescence.html - v.intr.
1 burst out into flower.
2 Chem. a (of a substance) turn to a fine powder on exposure to air. b (of salts) come to the surface and crystallize on it. c (of a surface) become covered with salt particles.

efflorescence n. efflorescent adj. [L efflorescere (as EX-(1), florere to bloom f. flos floris flower)]

efflorescence.html - v.intr.
1 burst out into flower.
2 Chem. a (of a substance) turn to a fine powder on exposure to air. b (of salts) come to the surface and crystallize on it. c (of a surface) become covered with salt particles.

efflorescence n. efflorescent adj. [L efflorescere (as EX-(1), florere to bloom f. flos floris flower)]

efflorescence.html - n. & v.
--n.

a form of massage involving a circular inward stroking movement made with the palm of the hand, used esp. during childbirth.

--v.

intr. massage with a circular stroking movement. [F f. effleurer to skim]

efflorescence.html - v.intr.
1 burst out into flower.
2 Chem. a (of a substance) turn to a fine powder on exposure to air. b (of salts) come to the surface and crystallize on it. c (of a surface) become covered with salt particles.

efflorescence n. efflorescent adj. [L efflorescere (as EX-(1), florere to bloom f. flos floris flower)]

efflorescence.html - n.
1 a flowing out (of light, electricity, etc.).
2 that which flows out. [F effluence or med.L effluentia f. L effluere efflux- flow out (as EX-(1), fluere flow)]

efflorescence.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

flowing forth or out.

--n.

1 sewage or industrial waste discharged into a river, the sea, etc.
2 a stream or lake flowing from a larger body of water.