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Carbonaceous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Consisting of, containing, relating to, or yielding carbon.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. of, relating to, rich in, or yielding carbon

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Pertaining to or consisting of carbon; containing carbon or coaly matter.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon

Word Usage

"To help confirm if any nucleobases seen in meteorites were of extraterrestrial origin, scientists used the latest scientific analysis techniques on samples from a dozen meteorites - 11 organic-rich meteorites called carbonaceous chondrites and one ureilite, a very rare type of meteorite with a different chemical composition."

Cross Reference

carbonaceous shale

Form

carbonaceous chondrite

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

coaly charry plumbaginous

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

nitrogenous albuminous nonnitrogenous light-giving crustaceous