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Efflorescent   Listen
adjective
Efflorescent  adj.  
1.
That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt.
2.
Covered with an efflorescence.





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"Efflorescent" Quotes from Famous Books



... extremity of the valley we came upon a small mound of earth, all white and glistening, covered with nitre in an efflorescent form, which shone so conspicuously in the sun, it could be seen at many miles' distance; from the base of it a clear spring of water trickled, so disagreeable in taste that no one, save Somali, could possibly drink it. Now, emerging from the low land, we again left the trees behind us, and rose ...
— What Led To The Discovery of the Source Of The Nile • John Hanning Speke


Words linked to "Efflorescent" :   mature, abloom, efflorescence, effloresce


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