efflorescence vs posy

efflorescence

noun
  • The production of flowers. 

  • Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc. 

  • The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere. 

  • A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin. 

  • An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments. 

  • An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it. 

posy

noun
  • A flower; a small bouquet; a nosegay. 

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