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petrification

DEFINITIONS OF: petrification

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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:
petrifaction
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
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