Holocene

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Holocene \Holocene\ n.
     1. The geological period comprising approximately the last
        10,000 years.
  
     Syn: Holocene epoch, Recent epoch.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Holocene
       n : approximately the last 10,000 years [syn: {Holocene epoch},
           {Recent epoch}]