Silicified

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of silicify form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Combined with silicon.
  2. 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."

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"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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