1. An individual flower. Also known as blossom.

2. To yield blossoms.

3. The waxy coating that appears as a powder on certain fruits, such as plums, and leaves, such as cabbage.

A colored area on the surface of bodies of water caused by heavy planktonic growth.

1. Fluorescence in lubricating oils or a cloudy surface on varnished or enameled surfaces.

2. To apply an antireflection coating to glass.

See <<blossom>>

A milky or foggy defect that may appear on the surface of a varnished painting; caused by moisture.

Crystals formed on the surface of treated wood by exudation and evaporation of the solvent in preservative solutions.

1. A semifinished bar of metal formed from an ingot and having a rectangular cross section exceeding 36 square inches (232 square centimeters).

2. To hammer or roll metal in order to make its surface bright.

3. See <<slag>>

See <<efflorescence>>

Color of oil in reflected light, differing from its color in transmitted light. Also known as fluorescence.