Definition of Petrified Forest National Park

1. Noun. A national park in Arizona having the world's largest collection of petrified coniferous trees.

Generic synonyms: National Park
Group relationships: Arizona, Az, Grand Canyon State

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petrified Forest National Park

Petit's hernia
Petit's ligament
Petit's lumbar triangle
Petit's sinus
Petra
Petrarca
Petrarch
Petrarchan sonnet
Petrarchan sonnets
Petre
Petri dish
Petri dishes
Petri net
Petrich
Petrified Forest National Park (current term)
Petrine
Petrocoptis
Petrogale
Petrogales
Petrograd
Petromyzon
Petromyzon marinus
Petromyzoniformes
Petromyzontidae
Petronella
Petronius
Petronius Arbiter
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petroselinum

Literary usage of Petrified Forest National Park

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Read and Understand Science: Grades 3-4 by Martha Cheney (2002)
"... The Petrified Forest National Park is located in the state of minerals. The trees had been "petrified," or turned into fossils. ..."

2. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Petrified Forest National Park. 1976. Seed plant checklist of Petrified Forest ... Petrified Forest National Park,Holbrook,AZ. Pinkava,DJ,MABaker,RAJohnson ..."

3. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1918)
"74-, contains a powerful appeal for the passage of Mr. Lacey's bill, made by a special committee on Petrified Forest National Park, consisting of Messrs. ..."

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