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Carboniferous

adj
/ˌkɑːbəˈnɪfəɹəs/UK

Etymology

From carboniferous (“producing carbon”), from carbon + -i- + -ferous.

  1. derived from *kerh₃-✻ — “to burn”
  2. derived from carbō — “charcoal, coal”
  3. borrowed from carbone
  4. formed as carboniferous — “carbon + -i- + -ferous”

Definitions

  1. Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era

    Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian and lower, middle and upper Pennsylvanian epochs from about 345 to 280 million years ago, when coal was laid down.

  2. The Carboniferous period.

  3. Containing or producing carbon.

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