efflorescence
Definitions
The process of unfolding as if becoming a flower; blossoming.
A powdery deposit of salts on a surface, such as a wall or soil, caused by evaporation.
A state or period of greatest development or success; a peak or flowering.
Examples
The damp basement walls were covered in a white, powdery efflorescence caused by moisture seeping through the concrete.
The artist described the sudden burst of creativity as an efflorescence of ideas that had been dormant for years.
Botanists studied the rapid efflorescence of the desert flowers following the unexpected spring rainfall.
Synonyms
blooming flowering blossoming outgrowth development maturation eruption
Antonyms
withering decay decline stagnation atrophy wilting deterioration