English adjective: carboniferous | |||
1. | carboniferous of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era | ||
Samples | Carboniferous rock system. | ||
2. | carboniferous relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon | ||
Synonyms | carbonaceous, carbonic, carbonous | ||
English noun: Carboniferous | |||
1. | Carboniferous (time) from 345 million to 280 million years ago | ||
Synonyms | Carboniferous period | ||
Instance hypernym | geological period, period | ||
Part holonym | Lower Carboniferous, Lower Carboniferous period, Missippian period, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, Pennsylvanian period, Upper Carboniferous, Upper Carboniferous period | ||
Part meronym | Paleozoic, Paleozoic era | ||