1. The process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
   - petrifaction

Derived forms: petrifications

See also: petrify

Type of: fossilisation [Brit], fossilization

Encyclopedia: Petrification

• peat moss
• peaty
• peavey
• peavy
• peba
• pebble
• pebble plant
• pebble-grained
• pebbled
• pebbledash
• pebbly
• pebibit
• pebibyte
• vindicatory
• vindictive
• vindictively
• vindictiveness
• vine
• vine cactus
• vine leaf
• vine maple
• vine snake
• vinegar
• vinegar eel
• vinegar fly