1. The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
   "The garden's efflorescence peaked in early spring";
   - blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis
    
2. A powdery deposit on a surface
   "The brick wall was covered with a white efflorescence";
   - bloom
    
3. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity
   "The 1920s were the efflorescence of jazz music in America";
   - flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, flush
    
4. Any red eruption of the skin
   "The baby's efflorescence cleared up after a few days";
   - rash, roseola, skin rash

Derived forms: efflorescences

Type of: crystallisation [Brit], crystallising [Brit], crystallization, crystallizing, development, eruption, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, period, period of time, time period, time span

Encyclopedia: Efflorescence