Petrifactive

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  • adj. Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.
  • adj. Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.
  • adj. Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to petrifaction.
  • Having power to petrify or to convert vegetable or animal substances into stone.
  • Word Usage
    "(Protogaea, 1680), although he did not surmise how much time was needed for petrifactive processes to occur."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    petrifying