Petrified Forest

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a national park in E Arizona, containing petrified coniferous trees about 170 000 000 years old

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Words nearby Petrified Forest

petri-, petrichor, petri dish, Petrie, petrifaction, Petrified Forest, Petrified Forest National Park, petrify, Petrillo, Petrine, Petrinism

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Example sentences from the Web for Petrified Forest

He first rose to prominence as a lawyer in Queens, who settled a boiling racial dispute over public housing in Forest Hills.
Mario Cuomo: An OK Governor, but a Far Better Person|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“It fundamentally changes the architecture of forest canopies,” says Watson.
Mistletoe is the Vampire of Plants|Helen Thompson|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The birds poop all over the forest, and thanks to the viscin, the mistletoe seeds in said poop stick to branches.
Mistletoe is the Vampire of Plants|Helen Thompson|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, most of the suffering species ate insects on the forest floor.
Mistletoe is the Vampire of Plants|Helen Thompson|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

From the looks of it, mistletoe is a keystone species and plays a crucial role in that forest ecosystem.
Mistletoe is the Vampire of Plants|Helen Thompson|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However, they were not seen to venture far into the surrounding deciduous forest.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
He swims every day in the river; he fishes from his bamboo raft; he hunts in the forest with his father.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
After this it wound along on ridges and in ravines till it reached the heart of a great pine forest, where stood a saw-mill.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Her expression was still petrified, except that she might have had the scent of blood in her slightly dilating nostrils.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

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