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noun 
  1. (geology) the Carboniferous period
adjective 
  1. (geology) 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. of, or relating to carbon or coal

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