effloresce

English

Verb

effloresce (third-person singular simple present effloresces, present participle efflorescing, simple past and past participle effloresced)

1. (intransitive) To burst into bloom; to flower.
2. (intransitive, chemistry) To change from being crystalline to being powdery by losing water of crystallization.
3. (intransitive) To become covered with powder.

Related terms

• efflorescence
• efflorescent

Latin

Verb

efflōrēsce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of efflōrēscō