άνθηση — meaning in English
anthisi
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English meaning
- efflorescence noun The production of flowers.
Senses
άνθηση is used for these senses in English:
- efflorescence (botany) The production of flowers.
- efflorescence (metaphorical) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
efflorescence — full definition
- noun The production of flowers.
- noun Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
- noun 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.
- noun 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.