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petrifaction

DEFINITIONS OF: petrifaction

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n the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape

Synonyms:
petrification
Type of:
fossilisation, fossilization
the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone

n a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form

Type of:
rock, stone
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
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