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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. approximately the last 10,000 years;
[syn: Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent, Recent epoch]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Holocene \Holocene\ n.
   1. The geological period comprising approximately the last
      10,000 years.

   Syn: Holocene epoch, Recent epoch.
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Holocene
    n 1: approximately the last 10,000 years [syn: Holocene,
         Holocene epoch, Recent, Recent epoch]