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1. Come into or as if into flower
   "These manifestations effloresced in the past"
   - burst forth
    
2. Assume crystalline form; become crystallized
   - crystallize, crystalize, crystalise [Brit], crystallise [Brit]
    
3. Become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation

Derived forms: effloresced, effloresces, efflorescing

See also: efflorescence, efflorescent

Type of: bloom, blossom, encrust, flower, incrust, solidify

Encyclopedia: Effloresce