ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED.] That has crystallized on the surface; also, that has crumbled to powder. (See the vb.)

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1809.  Naval Chron., XXI. 230. Effloresced matter thrown down from the rocks.

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1854.  Hooker, Himal. Jrnls., I. i. 13. They were frequently white with effloresced salts.

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1884.  Athenæum, 15 Nov., 628/2. The heat of dissolution of effloresced sodium sulphate.

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