effloresce

as in to flower
to produce flowers created an artificial environment in which plants grew and effloresced regardless of season

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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 Republican nominee Marc Molinaro would no doubt want to mention the corruption that has effloresced on Mr. Cuomo’s watch, the lousy upstate economy, and the decline of New York City’s subways. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2018 Cherry blossoms effloresced on collars and scarves. Isaac Oliver, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2017
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  • In return, the shade cast by rising tomato plants can help provide some protective cover for the lettuce and stop it from bolting (flowering, which turns the leaves bitter and dry) during the heat of summer.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
  • To attract them throughout the season, include a variety of plants that will flower at different times during spring, summer, and fall.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
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  • We’re fed Apollo Bar highlights like a salad rosso, a globe of radicchio segmented with chunks of blood orange, a blooming artichoke, and seasonal strawberry ice-cream cake.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 June 2025
  • In the wacky political world of Southeast Los Angeles County — where scandals seem to bloom every year with the regularity of jacarandas — there’s never been a mess as pendejo as the one stirred up this week by Cudahy Vice Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
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  • Summer style has fully blossomed with the Fourth of July holiday weekend on the horizon.
    Cassell Ferere, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Between the beer garden, the art corridor, studio space for Local Color and Good Karma Bikes, this might just just blossom into another funky art district downtown.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 28 June 2025

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“Effloresce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effloresce. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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