- carboniferous - of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era; "carboniferous rock system"
- carbonaceous, carbonous, carbonic, carboniferous - relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon
- carbonaceous, carbonous, carbonic, carboniferous - relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon
- Carboniferous, Carboniferous period - from 345 million to 280 million years ago
--1 is a kind of period, geological period
--1 is a part of Paleozoic, Paleozoic era
--1 has parts:Pennsylvanian, Pennsylvanian period, Upper Carboniferous, Upper Carboniferous period; Mississippian, Missippian period, Lower Carboniferous, Lower Carboniferous period