CARBONIFEROUS AGE

Definition: CARBONIFEROUS AGE

CARBONIFEROUS AGE

1. (Geol.), the age immediately following the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the vegetation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous, and Permian. See Age of acrogens , under Acrogen .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crosswords: CARBONIFEROUS AGE

English words defined with "CARBONIFEROUS AGE": Carboniferous formation, Catskill period ♦ Devonian age ♦ Old red sandstone ♦ The Age of Acrogens. (references)

Specialty definitions using "CARBONIFEROUS AGE": sporinite coal. (references)

Anagrams: CARBONIFEROUS AGE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-e-f-g-i-n-o-o-r-r-s-u"
	-3 letters: carboniferous.
	-4 letters: forbearances, reconfigures.
	-5 letters: aberrancies, carabineers, carabineros, encouragers, farinaceous, farraginous, forbearance, fragrancies, reconfigure, resurfacing.
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