EFFLORESCENCE Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

efflorescence

noun

Definition of efflorescence

as in flowering

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Recent Examples of efflorescence On some level, declines in traditional reading are connected to the efflorescence of information in the digital age. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 17 June 2025 What emerged from this great leap backward was a diverse efflorescence of art that directly addressed the very things the church ignored. — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025 Beginning in the late ’80s, an efflorescence of truth under the leaders Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin had revealed the full extent of the Soviet Union’s horrific crimes against its own citizens. — Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024 With the efflorescence of Christianity, a religion rooted in the Old Testament, through the Septuagint, knowledge of the temple spread. — Lynn Whidden, Scientific American, 26 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for efflorescence

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Garden mum expert QiuXia Chen explains that the differences between potted mums and garden mums relate to their flower size, branching, flowering times, plant habit, and vigor.

— Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 8 Sep. 2026
How To Prune Oakleaf Hydrangeas Any heavier pruning should be done immediately after flowering has ended for the season.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of flowering

Noun

Stop deadheading as shorter days and cooler temperatures slow plant growth and blooming.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2026
Cutting back is done in mid-summer when foliage looks ragged and blooming slows to increase plant vigor, control height, and encourage a second flush of blooms.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of blooming

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His journey leads him to a small town, where a blossoming romance with a doctor and single mother of two draws him into the life of a reclusive old man with a haunting past.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
The series wisely uses its larger canvas to sketch out a complicated land beyond Sybylla’s blossoming—one which suggests that the secondary characters, too, are on their own journeys, even if their destinations aren’t as far-flung as Sybylla’s.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026

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