EFFLORESCES
- (of a substance) Lose moisture and turn to a fine powder upon exposure to air
- (of salts) Come to the surface of brickwork, rock, or other material and crystallize there
- (of a surface) Become covered with salt particles
- Reach an optimum stage of development; blossom
- EFFLORESCE [v]
- EFFLORESCE, to flower; burgeon; (chem.) to become powder when exposed to air [v]