"carboniferous" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From carbon + -i- + -ferous.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "more carboniferous",
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      "form": "most carboniferous",
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "Containing or producing carbon."
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "containing",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
          "word": "hiilipitoinen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "producing",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
          "word": "hiiltä tuottava"
        },
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "lithanthrakofóros",
          "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "λιθανθρακοφόρος"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
          "word": "carbónmhar"
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        {
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "węglonośny"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kamennoúgolʹnyj",
          "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
          "word": "каменноу́гольный"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
          "word": "carbonífero"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
          "word": "karbonlu"
        }
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  "word": "carboniferous"
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  "etymology_text": "From carbon + -i- + -ferous.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "more carboniferous",
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      "form": "most carboniferous",
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        "Containing or producing carbon."
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  "translations": [
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      "code": "fi",
      "english": "containing",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
      "word": "hiilipitoinen"
    },
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      "english": "producing",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
      "word": "hiiltä tuottava"
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      "roman": "lithanthrakofóros",
      "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
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      "word": "λιθανθρακοφόρος"
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      "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
      "word": "carbónmhar"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kamennoúgolʹnyj",
      "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
      "word": "каменноу́гольный"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
      "word": "carbonífero"
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      "sense": "containing or producing carbon",
      "word": "karbonlu"
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  "word": "carboniferous"
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