The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lapidescence
Lapidescence \Lap`i*des"cence\, n.
The state or quality of being lapidescent.
A hardening into a stone substance.
A stony concretion.
--Sir T. Browne.
Wiktionary
lapidescence
n. 1 The state or quality of being lapidescent. 2 The process of hardening into a stone substance. 3 A stony concretion.