Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mineralized"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mineralize \Min"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mineralized};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Mineralizing}.] [Cf. F. min['e]raliser.]
1. To transform into a mineral.
In these caverns the bones are not mineralized.
--Buckland.
2. To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mineralized
adj 1: containing or impregnated with minerals; "mineralized
water"; "red stains that signify mineralized land"
2: converted into a mineral; "petrified wood" [syn: {petrified}]
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