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单词 efflorescence
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efflorescencen.

/ɛflɒˈrɛsəns/
Etymology: < French efflorescence, as if < Latin *efflōrescentia , < efflōrescent-em , present participle of efflōrescĕre to effloresce v.: see -ence suffix.
1. The process of producing flowers, or bursting into flower; the period of flowering.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > flowering or blossoming
flourishing1303
blowingc1380
blossomingc1440
blooming1495
flourish1594
blowth1602
efflorescence1626
flowering1629
blow1744
florification1796
inflorescence1801
flowerage1841
florescence1853
floriferousness1882
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > flowering or blossoming > season, period, or manner of
efflorescence1626
blow1748
anthesis1783
florescence1793
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §389 The Spirit of the Plant is..severed from the grosser Juyce in the Efflorescence.
1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness ii. 15 They are the blossom on the fruit-tree, an efflorescence which shows the tree's vitality.
1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 117 The tendency to efflorescence in the trees of America..has encouraged their diffusion through Europe.
2. figurative. A development like that of blossom; an abundant or ostentatious growth; the ‘flower’ of age, etc.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > flourishing condition
statea1387
verdour1447
virtuec1450
thrivingc1460
provinga1529
prospering?1567
verdurec1595
flourish1597
efflorescency1649
efflorescence1672
flourishing1717
flourishment1724
booming1881
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 40 His impertinent efflorescence of Rhetorick upon so mean Topicks.
1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 56 The pared-off Turf..is the very fat and efflorescence of the Earth.
a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 187 Lord, who in Efflorescence of thy Age Wouldst from the World thy Spirit disengage.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 141. ⁋11 Mirth can never please, but as the efflorescence of a mind loved for its luxuriance.
1831 T. Carlyle in Foreign Q. Rev. Oct. 367 Of Fable Literature..this was the summer-tide and highest efflorescence.
1865 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Rationalism II. vi. 265 That noble efflorescence of charity which marked the first ages of Christianity.
3.
a. Colour developed on the skin, either in the ordinary course of nature, or as the result of disease. Obsolete in general sense.
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > [noun] > colour developed on skin
efflorescence1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. x. 330 A shadow or darke efflorescence in the outside. View more context for this quotation
1782 V. Knox Ess. (new ed.) II. cxxxiii. 200 The hectic efflorescence on the countenance of an invalid.
b. Pathology. ‘A morbid redness, or rash of the skin’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [noun] > an eruption
hivesc1500
breaking-out1552
exanthem1656
exanthema1657
efflorescence1684
rash1696
rushc1736
eruption1770
enanthema1842
enanthema1883
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician v. 152 There is a threefold difference of Efflorescences in the skin.
1783 J. C. Smyth in Med. Communications 1 149 The efflorescence on her arms [is] entirely gone.
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 135 In measles, infection reaches its greatest power during the eruptive stage and the stage of efflorescence.
4. Chemistry. The process of efflorescing, in various senses (see effloresce v. 2a 2c); also concrete the powdery deposit which is the result of this process.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > efflorescence
germination1651
efflorescence1667
efflorescency1701
excrescence1719
1667 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities (ed. 2) 326 To afford an efflorescence which..appear'd to be Vitriol.
1671 Kirkby Let. in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1672) 7 4070 It [an inland sea, near Danzick] becomes..green in the midle with an hairy efflorescence.
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 62 Pyrites are..the efflorescence of Minerals.
1701 H. Maundrell Of Valley of Salt in Journey to Jerusalem (1721) 10 We found under it Efflorescences of pure Salt.
1828 H. Steuart Planter's Guide 189 The sulphate of iron is..distinguished by an efflorescence of small white crystals.
1858 O. W. Holmes De Sauty Whitened round his feet the dust of efflorescence.
1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xx. 165 This important salt [sc. potassium nitrate] occurs as an efflorescence on the soil of several dry tropical countries.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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