Petrified Forest

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

The site of this discovery is a fossil bed in a desert landscape of ancient rock in the Petrified Forest National Park.

From BBC

“Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes” emphasizes how the iconic star cemented his screen image by playing a heavy in “The Petrified Forest” in 1936.

From Salon

Bill Parker, an aetosaur expert and park paleontologist at Petrified Forest National Park who was not part of the research, said that university and museum collections are a critical part of making this type of research possible.

From Science Daily

Stops en route: Summit at Snoqualmie for snow play or a quick summer hike, Ellensburg for brunch or play at one of 20 parks and the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park for Gorge-and-river views that will even wow rarely-impressed teens.

From Seattle Times

"The Petrified Forest was so fragile, when Doctor Who's assistant picked a flower, it was a bit too petrified and all fell to bits - and we were fast running out of them," Ms Webb recollects.

From BBC