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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: carboniferous /ˌkɑːbəˈnɪfərəs/ adj - yielding coal or carbon
Car•bon•if•er•ous (kär′bə nif′ər əs),USA pronunciation [Geol.]adj. - Geologynoting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, including the Pennsylvanian and Mississippian periods as epochs, occurring from 345 million to 280 million years ago. See table under geologic time.
- Geology(l.c.) producing carbon or coal.
n. - Geologythe Carboniferous Period or System.
- Latin carbōn- (stem of carbō) coal + -i- + -ferous
- 1790–1800
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Carboniferous /ˌkɑːbəˈnɪfərəs/ adj - of, denoting, or formed in the fifth period of the Palaeozoic era, between the Devonian and Permian periods, lasting for nearly 64 million years during which coal measures were formed
n - the Carboniferous ⇒ the Carboniferous period or rock system
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