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Definition of Silicifying

Silicifying
Silicify Si*lic"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Silicified; p. pr. & vb. n. Silicifying.] [L. silex, silicis, a flint + -fy: cf. F. silicifier.] (Chem.) To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon. The specimens found . . . are completely silicified. --Say. Note: The silica may take the form of agate, chalcedony, flint, hornstone, or crystalline quartz.

Meaning of Silicifying from wikipedia

- preservational mode ceased in the late Neoproterozoic with the advent of silicifying organisms. Fossils include exceptionally well-preserved cyanobacteria...
- terrestrial ecosystems are the land plants (embryophytes), with other silicifying groups (e.g., testate amoebae) having a minor role. Broadly, biomineralized...
- acid s**** for organic carbon export. Calcifying coccolithop****s and silicifying diatoms are globally ubiquitous phytoplankton functional groups. Diatoms...