charcoalify

verb

Etymology

From charcoal + -ify.

  1. inherited from cierran — “to change, turn
  2. inherited from charcole
  3. suffixed as charcoalify — “charcoal + ify

Definitions

  1. Synonym of charcoalize.

    • 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.
    • Fig. 3.2.3.1[…](d,e) Angiosperm wood charcoalified by hot ash fall, Montserrat;
    • 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.

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