efflorescence Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
    prime; flower; blossom; peak; flush; bloom; heyday.
  2. noun any red eruption of the skin
    skin rash; roseola; rash.
  3. noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
    blossoming; florescence; anthesis; flowering; inflorescence.
  4. noun a powdery deposit on a surface
    bloom.

WordNet

Ef`flo*res"cence noun
Etymology
F. efflorescence.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.
  2. (Med.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.
  3. (Chem.) (a) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc. (b) The powder or crust thus formed.

Webster 1913