Lāp'/i-dĕs'/cent1, a.
a. [Lat. lapidescens, p. pr. of lapidescere, to become stone, fr. lapis, lapidis, stone; Fr. lapidescent, It. lapidescente.] Growing or turning to stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.
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Lapidescent
Lăp'i-dĕs'çent2, n.
n. Any substance which has the quality of petrifying a body, or of being converted to stone.