Definitionn. the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
Last update: August 13, 2015
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Although some information as to minute structure may often be gleaned from the carbonaceous coating of impressions, the fossils preserved by petrifaction are the main source of our knowledge of the structural characters of ancient plants. [Please select]
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Perhaps the skull may be from an older burial somewhere, the petrifaction having taken place before it was buried here. [Please select]
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They accentuated the lifelessness, the petrifaction, the intense and sinister quiet of the prostrate city. [Please select]
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The wisdom of Lord Grey saved it from petrifaction and destruction, and set it upon the path of Democracy. [Please select]
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"No," came the answer, with an almost imperceptible change of manner-- a change as of gradual petrifaction, "I am not Mrs." [Please select]
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Advise them to be burnt at the stake at once, rather than submit to this slow process of petrifaction. [Please select]
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The wretched woman gazed at them in a kind of petrifaction. [Please select]
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