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charcoalify en · VERB

Etymology

From charcoal + -ify.

Meanings

1. Synonym of charcoalize.
   • Wood and leaves are more likely to decay but even these can have their preservation potential increased dramatically by being charcoalified by partial burning prior to burial. 2010, Angela L. Coe, Geological Field Techniques, Wiley-Blackwell, page 85:
   • Fig. 3.2.3.1[…](d,e) Angiosperm wood charcoalified by hot ash fall, Montserrat; 2001, A. C. Scott, “3.2.3: Preservation By Fire”, in Derek E. G. Briggs, Peter R. Crowther, editors, Palaeobiology II (paperback), Blackwell, published 2003, page 279:
   • Periodic wildfire swept through the seasonally dry heaths, consuming the more flammable components of the vegetation such as conifers but charcoalifying the thick, heavily cutinized and comparatively resin-deficient Phlebopteris fronds. 2000, Russell Lindsay Hall, Paul Lawrence Smith, editors, Advances in Jurassic Research 2000: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Jurassic System, Trans Tech Publications, page 507:

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Synonyms

charcoalize