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carbonous

American  
[kahr-buh-nuhs] / ˈkɑr bə nəs /

adjective

  1. of, containing, or derived from carbon.


Etymology

Origin of carbonous

First recorded in 1785–95; carbon + -ous

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They shot a chemical stream at the fire, instead of one of merely water, and carbonous acid, or, as it is commonly called, carbonic acid gas, was generated.

From The Young Firemen of Lakeville; or, Herbert Dare's Pluck by Frank V. Webster

The walls of the perithecia are carbonous, and confluent with the crust.

From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by C. G. Lloyd

The perithecia are generally imbedded in the outer portion of the stroma, the mouths opening through the carbonous crust.

From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by C. G. Lloyd

It has never been well described, and the white tissue of the interior lower half, which is a very rare occurrence in similar black, carbonous plants, has never been noted.

From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by C. G. Lloyd

Stipes usually short, but sometimes 6-8 mm. long, and when growing in clusters, the bases consolidated by a carbonous stroma.

From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by C. G. Lloyd

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