Fossil-gum
noun
1.
any gum, found chiefly in the earth, that was yielded by a now fossilized tree.
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[fos-uh-lahyz] /ˈfɒs əˌlaɪz/ verb (used with object), fossilized, fossilizing. 1. Geology. to convert into a ; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism. 2. to change as if into mere lifeless remains or traces of the past. 3. to make rigidly antiquated: Time has fossilized such methods. verb (used without object), […]
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