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  • 21touffu — touffu, ue [ tufy ] adj. • 1549; tuffu 1438; de touffe 1 ♦ Qui est en touffes, qui est épais et dense. ⇒ dru, fourni, luxuriant. « Une haie touffue où se mêlaient des mûriers, des noisetiers » (P. Benoit). « Des grappes de glycines touffues »… …

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  • 22-escent — ⇒ ESCENT, ESCENTE, suff. Suff. issu du lat. escentem, dés. du part. prés. de la forme inchoative, qui sert à former des adj. dont la plupart sont empr. au lat. et signifiant « qui prend la qualité » ou « qui commence à ». A. BOTANIQUE :… …

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  • 23-escente — ⇒ ESCENT, ESCENTE, suff. Suff. issu du lat. escentem, dés. du part. prés. de la forme inchoative, qui sert à former des adj. dont la plupart sont empr. au lat. et signifiant « qui prend la qualité » ou « qui commence à ». A. BOTANIQUE :… …

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  • 24Efflorescency — Ef flo*res cen*cy, n. The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 25Exanthematic — Ex*an the*mat ic, Exanthematous Ex an*them a*tous, a. Of, relating to, or characterized by, exanthema; efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption. [1913 Webster] || …

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  • 26Exanthematous — Exanthematic Ex*an the*mat ic, Exanthematous Ex an*them a*tous, a. Of, relating to, or characterized by, exanthema; efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption. [1913 Webster] || …

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  • 27efflorescence — noun Date: 1626 1. a. the action or process of developing and unfolding as if coming into flower ; blossoming < periods of…intellectual and artistic efflorescence Julian Huxley > b. an instance of such development c. fullness of manifestation ;&#8230; …

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  • 28tartar emetic — noun Date: circa 1704 a poisonous efflorescent crystalline salt C8H4K2O12Sb2{bull}3H2O of sweetish metallic taste that is used in dyeing as a mordant and especially formerly in medicine as an emetic and expectorant …

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  • 29Calcite — A one inch Calcite Rhomb that shows the Double image refraction property. General Category Carbonate mineral …

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  • 30Hydrate — is a term used in inorganic chemistry and organic chemistry to indicate that a substance contains water. The chemical state of the water varies widely between hydrates, some of which were so labeled before their chemical structure was understood …

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