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Definition for: EFFLORESCENCE

efflorescence
(n.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.
(n.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.
(n.) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc.
(n.) The powder or crust thus formed.