Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Petrified wood; especially, silicified wood, such as that from Antigua, the desert of Cairo, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) A striped variety of hornstone, resembling wood in appearance.

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  • noun mineralogy A striped variety of hornstone, resembling wood in appearance.

Etymologies

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wood +‎ stone

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