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# carboniferous

adjective (Carboniferous, carboniferous); noun (the Carboniferous)

«carboniferous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The Carboniferous was a time in Earth's history, about 359 to 299 million years ago, when huge swamp forests grew and later turned into coal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carboniferous/#m1)
2. Containing or producing coal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carboniferous/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and history-of-Earth lessons, the Carboniferous had giant insects, like dragonflies as big as seagulls, and forests of giant ferns. Coal mined in Britain and elsewhere formed from Carboniferous plants.

### Examples

- Coal formed from plants in the Carboniferous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carboniferous/#x1)
- Giant dragonflies lived in the Carboniferous period. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carboniferous/#x2)
- The Carboniferous was before the dinosaurs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carboniferous/#x3)
- These carboniferous rocks contain coal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carboniferous/#x4)
- Forests of tree ferns grew in the Carboniferous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carboniferous/#x5)
- Amphibians were common in the Carboniferous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carboniferous/#x6)

### Note

As the name of a period, use a capital C. «Carbon-iferous» means «coal-bearing». It was long before the dinosaurs.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «carboniferous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carboniferous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carboniferous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carboniferous.html) on Mova free.