Carboniferous

of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era

fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period v

n fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period n a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering v burn to charcoal v supply with coal v take in coal

fossil arborescent plants arising during the early Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous

A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks.