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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

Example Sentences

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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 Lloyd, C. G.

The usual Xylaria has a white, sterile, central portion known as the stroma, bearing a carbonous crust.

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

The stem is slender and carbonous and bears the carbonous fruit bodies, superficial, but sessile and globose.

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

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 Lloyd, C. G.

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 Webster, Frank V.