Carboniferous

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Carboniferous /ˌkɑːbəˈnɪf(ə)rəs/

▶adjective Geology relating to or denoting the fifth period of the Palaeozoic era (between the Devonian and Permian periods, about 363 to 290 million years ago), a time when extensive coal-bearing strata were formed.

'Carboniferous' also found in these Oxford entries:

coal measures - Culm - Devonian - -ferous - millstone grit - Mississippian - pelycosaur - Pennsylvanian - Permian

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