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Definition of Silicified
1. a. Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica, especially the latter; as, silicified wood.
Definition of Silicified
1. Adjective. combined with silicon ¹
2. Adjective. impregnated with silica; petrified ¹
3. Verb. (past of silicify) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Silicified
1. silicify [v] - See also: silicify
Medical Definition of Silicified
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Silicified
Literary usage of Silicified
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"In the same chert are included fragments of silicified plant remains beautifully
... The plant seam rests on a layer of silicified shale containing a few ..."
2. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1855)
"The whole of the desert between Cairo and Suez is covered for a distance of about
86 miles with silicified trunks of trees ..."
3. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... Pass— silicified Trees buried as they grew—Incas Bridge—Badness of the Passes
exaggerated—Cumbre—Casuchas—Valparaiso. ARCH jth, 1835. ..."
4. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1846)
"... and clear Atmosphere—Electricity—Pampas—Zoology of the opposite Sides of the
Andes—Locusts—Great Bugs —Mendoza—Uspallata Pass — silicified Trees buried ..."
5. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... Bugs—Mendoza—Uspallata Pass— silicified Trees buried as they grew—Incas
Bridge—Badness of the Passes exaggerated—Cumbre—Casuchas—Valparaiso. ..."
6. Annual Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1897)
"silicified Tree=trunk at Lindenwold, NJ Length, 26 feet. Diameter at the base,
7 feet 6 inches; diameter 12 feet higher, 5 feet. The record of a well-boring ..."
7. Geological Observations on South America: Being the Third Part of the by Charles Darwin, George Brettingham Sowerby, Edward Forbes (1846)
"... silicified wood, conglomerates, nature of former land, fossils, thickness of
strata, great subsidence—Valley of Despoblado, fossils, tufaceous deposit, ..."
8. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1892)
"silicified woods are found in this member at many localities, but none has yet been
... silicified wood was seen at a single locality, on Cache River. ..."
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