Efflorescent

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Bursting into flower.
  2. 2
    Growing at a rapid rate; flourishing.
  3. 3
    Forming a white dust or efflorescence on the surface.
Adjective
  1. 1
    when the bud, or buds, on a plant are bursting into flower wordnet

Etymology

From Latin efflōrēscēns. Compare French efflorescent. By surface analysis, effloresce + -ent.

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