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Lapides [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lapidescence [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The process of becoming stone; a hardening into a stony substance.

Lapidescence [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The state or quality of being lapidescent.

2. A hardening into a stone substance.

Lapidescent [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Growing or turning to stone; that has the quality of petrifying bodies.

Lapidescent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Any substance which has the quality of petrifying a body, or converting it to stone.

Lapidescent [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.

Lapidescent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.