effloresces

Definition of efflorescesnext
present tense third-person singular of effloresce
as in flowers
to produce flowers created an artificial environment in which plants grew and effloresced regardless of season

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  • This plant flowers year-round and, like all abutilon cultivars, is not water needy.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
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  • Nestled between the layers is a genuinely heartfelt story that blooms from beneath all the aesthetic and verbal vulgarity, thus making innate, and intuitive, his ongoing, ever-evolving manifesto on the state of things.
    Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
  • What color blooms your hydrangeas will deliver is dependent on the pH level of the soil in which it's planted.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
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“Effloresces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effloresces. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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