CARBONIFEROUS


Meaning of CARBONIFEROUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkär-bə-ˈni-f(ə-)rəs ]

adjective

Date: 1799

1. : producing or containing carbon or coal

2. capitalized : of, relating to, or being the period of the Paleozoic era between the Devonian and the Permian or the corresponding system of rocks that includes coal beds — see geologic time table

• Carboniferous noun

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