Synonyms of effloresce

effloresce

verb

ˌe-flə-ˈres 

as in to flower

to produce flowers

created an artificial environment in which plants grew and effloresced regardless of season

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flower
• bloom
• blossom
• unfold
• blow
• leaf
• leave
• burgeon
• bud
• open

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wilt
• fade
• dry up
• die
• wither
• drop
• expire
• perish
• shrivel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of effloresce

University of Washington By mid-March, the 29 Yoshino cherry trees planted on the University of Washington’s Liberal Arts Quadrangle will be efflorescing into pale-pink puffs, like giant botanical versions of cotton candy. — Leilani Marie Labong, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2023

Her later conversations with Molly effloresce into speaking aloud her own anxieties. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2021

Within days of an eruption, white bacterial mats effloresce like dustings of snow, blizzardings dancing in the currents. — Sabrina Imbler, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2021