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efflorescence.

The production of flowers.

13 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌɛfləˈɹɛsəns/
  1. The production of flowers.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable
  3. The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.

    countable · uncountable
  4. An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it.

    countable · uncountable
  5. An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments.

    countable · uncountable
  6. A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French efflorescence, from Latin efflōrēscō (from ex- (“out”) + flōrēscō (“to blossom”)) + -ence. By surface analysis, effloresce + -ence.

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