NOUN | process | petrification, petrifaction | the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape |
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Meaning | The process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape. | |
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Synonym | petrifaction | |
Broader | fossilization, fossilisation | The process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age |
Spanish | petrificación | |
Catalan | petrificació | |
Verbs | petrify | change into stone |
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