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EFFLORESCENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A powdery deposit on a surface
Synonyms:
bloom; efflorescence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("efflorescence" is a kind of...):
crystallisation; crystallization; crystallizing (the formation of crystals)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
Synonyms:
anthesis; blossoming; efflorescence; florescence; flowering; inflorescence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("efflorescence" is a kind of...):
development; growing; growth; maturation; ontogenesis; ontogeny ((biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level)
Derivation:
effloresce (come into or as if into flower)
efflorescent (bursting into flower)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any red eruption of the skin
Synonyms:
efflorescence; rash; roseola; skin rash
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("efflorescence" is a kind of...):
eruption (symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "efflorescence"):
heat rash; miliaria; prickly heat (obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity)
hives; nettle rash; urticaria; urtication (an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Synonyms:
bloom; blossom; efflorescence; flower; flush; heyday; peak; prime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("efflorescence" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "efflorescence"):
golden age (a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak)
