efflorescentadj.
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1. Botany. That is efflorescing or blooming.
2.
a. Resembling an efflorescence.
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1818 M. Faraday Res. (1848) vii. 18 A slight efflorescent appearance was seen on the broken edge.
b. Forming an efflorescence; appearing on the surface in a powdery deposit; also figurative.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [adjective] > powdery or dusty > appearing as a powdery deposit
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1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 69 In combination..it is found efflorescent on the soil in some countries.
1878 H. W. Bates Central Amer. vi. 81 Gold..is found mostly efflorescent or disseminated in the mines of La Luz and S. Bernabé.
1879 G. MacDonald Paul Faber I. x. 117 Deadening his touch with the efflorescent crusts..upon the dry bones of theology.
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