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lapidescent

lapidescent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.
  2. 2.Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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