petrifaction

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{n} a becoming stone
a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form 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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{i} process of turning into stone; fossilization; shock, paralysis resulting from fear; fossil, something that has turned to stone
the condition of being petrified
The state or condition of being petrified
The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness
a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form
the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
Hardness; callousness; obduracy
That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation
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