efflorescent

1. 1.

   bursting into flower

   “flowering spring trees”

   Synonymsabloom

   Similarmature

Questions about efflorescent

What does efflorescent mean?

efflorescent means "bursting into flower".

How many syllables are in efflorescent?

efflorescent has 4 syllables: ef-flo-re-scent. The stress falls on "flo".

What is another word for efflorescent?

Close synonyms include abloom. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is efflorescent a common word?

efflorescent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.