Definitions for carbonous

carbonous car·bon·ous

Spelling: [kahr-buh-nuh s]
IPA: /ˈkɑr bə nəs/

Carbonous is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 427 anagrams from letters in carbonous (abcnoorsu).

Definitions for carbonous

adjective

  1. of, containing, or derived from carbon.

Origin of carbonous

First recorded in 1785-95; carbon + -ous

Examples for carbonous

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

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

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

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

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