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efflorescent
[ ef-luh-res-uhnt ]
adjective
- efflorescing; blossoming.
- Chemistry.
- subject to efflorescence.
- covered with or forming an efflorescence.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of efflorescent1
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Example Sentences
To be so near the reality, the literal flesh and blood of what had been a long series of efflorescent dreams, quite stirred him.
It is sometimes efflorescent, sometimes crystallized, but oftener confusedly mixed with clay and sand.
Their edges should be smeared with candle-grease, to prevent the salt creeping over them by efflorescent vegetation.
Gilfoyle's forgotten affections came back to life, expanding and efflorescent.
This salt, in its efflorescent state, exists extensively in the limestone caves of Missouri and Arkansas.
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