adjective
or rot·lie·gen·de ˈrōtˌlēgəndə
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: obsolete German rothliegende (now rotliegende ), from obsolete German roth red (now rot ) (from Old High German rōt ) + German liegende, weak nominative singular neuter of liegend, present participle of liegen to lie, from Old High German ligen; from the red beds of sandstone near Eisenach, central Germany — more at red , lie
: of, relating to, or constituting a subdivision of the European Permian — see geologic time table