Silicified
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of silicify form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Combined with silicon.
- 2 Impregnated with silica; petrified.
"Some of the best evidence of what happened comes from Germany, where the silicified trunks of about 80 species of trees have been found preserved in what was once a great lagoon fringing the northern slopes of the rising Alps."
Example
More examples"Some of the best evidence of what happened comes from Germany, where the silicified trunks of about 80 species of trees have been found preserved in what was once a great lagoon fringing the northern slopes of the rising Alps."
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