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• a  relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon

• Meteorite connoisseurs have long known that rare meteorites called carbonaceous chondrites contain carbon compounds found in living organisms.
• The other invention is an explosive which consists of finely divided carbonaceous material (coal, root, etc.
• The exact function of this carbonaceous material is not known.

• carbonous
• carbonic
• carboniferous

News & Articles

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• New material to enhance crop yield
  Researchers have developed a carbonaceous material from sewage sludge that when applied to soil can help to improve its quality.
  Dec. 16, 2013 - Science Daily

Quotes

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• Colin Pillinger in BBC News
  It gives people a degree of confidence this had never been exposed to the museum environment,said co-author Colin Pillinger of the UK's Open University. "I think it's too early to say how [the carbonaceous material] got there...... the...