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Webster 1913 Edition
Subcarboniferous
Sub-carˊbon-if′er-ous
,Adj.
(Geol.)
Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone.
– Noun.
The Subcarboniferous period or formation.
Definition 2024
Subcarboniferous
Subcarboniferous
English
Proper noun
Subcarboniferous
- (geology) The lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures; a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone.