carboniferous
-1 a. கரியம் உண்டாக்குகிற, நிலக்கரி உண்டு பண்ணுகிற, நிலக்கரி விளைவுக்குரிய, நிலக்கரியை உட்கொண்ட.-2 a. (மண்.) நிலக்கரிப்படிமத் தளங்களுருவான தொல்லுயிரூழிப் பகுதிக்குரிய, நிலக்கரி ஆக்கப்பாறை ஊழிக்குரிய.
Car`bon*if"er*ous, a. Etym: [Carbon + -ferous.] Defn: Producing or containing carbon or coal. Carboniferous age (Geol.), the age immediately following the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the vegatation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous, and Permian. See Age of acrogens, under Acrogen. -- Carboniferous formation (Geol.), the series of rocks (including sandstones, shales, limestones, and conglomerates, with beds of coal) which make up the strata of the Carboniferous age or period. See the Diagram under Geology. Car`bon*if"er*ous, a. Etym: [Carbon + -ferous.] Defn: Producing or containing carbon or coal. Carboniferous age (Geol.), the age immediately following the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the vegatation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous, and Permian. See Age of acrogens, under Acrogen. -- Carboniferous formation (Geol.), the series of rocks (including sandstones, shales, limestones, and conglomerates, with beds of coal) which make up the strata of the Carboniferous age or period. See the Diagram under Geology.