Subcarboniferous
Pronunciation : Sub*car`bon*if"er*ous
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: 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. -- n.
Defn: The Subcarboniferous period or formation.
(Geol.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913