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Petrification Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Petrification has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fossilization
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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