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EFFLORESCENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does efflorescent mean?
• EFFLORESCENT (adjective)
The adjective EFFLORESCENT has 1 sense:
1. bursting into flower
Familiarity information: EFFLORESCENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bursting into flower
Synonyms:
abloom; efflorescent
Context example:
flowering spring trees
Similar:
mature (having reached full natural growth or development)
Derivation:
effloresce (come into or as if into flower)
efflorescence (the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms)
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