Found 2 items, similar to carboniferous.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: carboniferous
carboniferous
adj 1: of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era;
“carboniferous rock system”
2: relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon [syn:
carbonaceous,
carbonous,
carbonic]
n : from 345 million to 280 million years ago [syn:
Carboniferous period
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Carboniferous
Carboniferous
\Car`bon*if"er*ous\
(k[aum]r`b[o^]n*[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [Carbon + -ferous.]
Producing or containing carbon or coal.
[1913 Webster]
Carboniferous age (Geol.), the age immediately following
the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the
vegetation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces
three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous,
and Permian. See
Age of acrogens, under
Acrogen.
Carboniferous formation (Geol.), the series of rocks
(including sandstones, shales, limestones, and
conglomerates, with beds of coal) which make up the strata
of the Carboniferous age or Carboniferous period. See the
Diagram under
Geology.
[1913 Webster]