D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Subcarboniferous

· Sub·car·bon·if·er·ous · IPA
01 a. Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a marine formation char…
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    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.(Geol.)