Efflorescence

1. (n.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers.

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.

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