Carboniferous Definition

kärbə-nĭfər-əs
adjective
Producing or containing carbon or coal.
Webster's New World
Designating or of the fifth geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, subdivided into the Pennsylvanian (the Upper Carboniferous) and the Mississippian (the Lower Carboniferous) and characterized by warm, moist climate and vast swamps which eventually formed into extensive coal deposits.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
The Carboniferous Period.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • Carboniferous period
pronoun
(geology) The Carboniferous period.
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