EFFLORESCENCE

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.

2.
n.

A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.

3.
n.

The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc.

4.
n.

The powder or crust thus formed.