[ef.flo.res.cence] n (1626) 1 a: the action or process of developing and unfolding as if coming into flower: blossoming "periods of ... intellectual and artistic ~ --Julian Huxley" b: an instance of such development c: fullness of manifestation: culmination
2: the period or state of flowering
3: the process or product of efflorescing chemically -- ef.flo.res.cent adj