Rice /rice/ [1 syll.] as a boys' name is of Welsh origin, and the meaning of Rice is enthusiasm. Anglicization of Rhys.
The noun FOSSILIZATION has 2 senses: 1. the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone 2. becoming inflexible or out of date
Understanding the process of fossilization, and the different means through which it can occur, is used by taphonomists, paleontologists, and geologists to understand the lives of past organisms and the ancient environments in which they lived.race fossils are not remnants of an organism itself, but some record of its behaviour. Tracks, burrows, coprolites (fossil feces), and stone tools are all examples of trace fossils. The study of fossil traces is a special branch of paleontology, called ichnology.