PETRIFICATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

petrifaction; petrification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("petrification" is a kind of...):

fossilisation; fossilization (the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone)

Derivation:

petrify (change into stone)