The spectacle of an immense efflorescence of pure paganism, most of it born of very mundane fears and hopes and desires, to men like Lucian was a sight which might, according to the mood, move to tears or laughter.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
It is impossible to separate the stem and the efflorescence, or to determine the precise spot at which destruction of the tissue would prove fatal to the plant, but it is possible to obtain some idea of the relative vitality of the parts.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry
The flowering of science in the 17th century was accompanied by an efflorescence of instrument invention as luxurious as that of science itself.
"The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments"
Robert P. Multhauf