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Petrifactive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Pertaining to petrifaction.

2. Having power to convert vegetable or animal substances into stone.

Petrifactive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.

2. Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction.