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Pennsylvanian definition

☆ Penn·syl·va·nian (pen′səl vān′yən, -vā′nē ən)

adjective

  1. of Pennsylvania
  2. designating or of the second and last geologic subdivision of the Carboniferous Period, characterized by the development of vast deposits of dead, coal-forming plant matter and the first conifers and reptiles

noun

a person born or living in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanian Idioms

the Pennsylvanian

the Pennsylvanian subdivision of the Carboniferous Period or its rocks

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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