petrification

1. The process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape (synset 113556786)
   is a type of: fossilisation, fossilization - the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone
   same as: petrifaction

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