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carbonous

carbonous adjective: of, relating to, or containing carbon.

Adjective

carbonous

  1. Of, relating to, or containing carbon.

Origin of carbonous

From carbon + -ous.

Questions about carbonous

What does carbonous mean?
Carbonous means of, relating to, or containing carbon.
What part of speech is carbonous?
Carbonous is an adjective.

Words near carbonous in the dictionary

  1. carbonosome
  2. carbonosomes
  3. carbonothioate
  4. carbonothioates
  5. carbonothioyl
  6. carbonous
  7. carbons
  8. carbontetrachloride
  9. carbonucleophile
  10. carbonucleophiles
  11. carbonyl

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