ALL meanings of carboniferous
Car·bon·if·er·ous
C c - adjective carboniferous yielding coal or carbon 3
- adjective carboniferous of, denoting, or formed in the fifth period of the Palaeozoic era, between the Devonian and Permian periods, lasting for nearly 64 million years during which coal measures were formed 3
- adjective carboniferous producing or containing carbon or coal 3
- adjective carboniferous 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 3
- noun carboniferous Containing or producing carbon. 1
- abbreviation CARBONIFEROUS coal-producing 1
- adjective carboniferous containing carbon 1
- adjective carboniferous noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, including the Pennsylvanian and Mississippian periods as epochs, occurring from 345 million to 280 million years ago. 1
- adjective carboniferous (lowercase) producing carbon or coal. 1
- noun carboniferous the Carboniferous Period or System. 1