† efflowerv.1
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. Of a plant: To go out of bloom.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > be a flowering plant [verb (intransitive)] > flower or blossom > stop flowering
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c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 82 This meene [kynde] effloureth [L. deflorescit] sone.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
efflowerv.2
/ɛˈflaʊə/ rare.
(See quot. 1875.)
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1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 87 Chamois, or Shamoy leather. The skins are first washed, limed, fleeced, and branned as above described. They are next efflowered, that is deprived of their epidermis, by a blunt knife.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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