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silicified

silicified adjective: combined with silicon. Also the simple past and past participle of silicify.

Adjective

silicified

  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.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 99

Also used as

silicified is also the simple past and past participle of silicify.

Words formed from silicified

Questions about silicified

What does silicified mean?
Silicified means combined with silicon.
What part of speech is silicified?
Silicified is an adjective.

Words near silicified in the dictionary

  1. silicidizing
  2. silicids
  3. siliciferous
  4. silicification
  5. silicifications
  6. silicified
  7. silicifier
  8. silicifiers
  9. silicifies
  10. silicify
  11. silicifying

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