English dictionary
corniferous
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adjective
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Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under <u>Geology</u>.) The <i>Corniferous period</i> has been so called from the numerous seams of <i>hornstone</i> which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York.
Source: webster1913