Usually means: Current geological epoch, since Ice Age.
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  3. Holocene: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. Holocene: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Holocene)

▸ adjective:  (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Quaternary period from about the year 10 000 BC to the present; the age of man.
▸ noun:  (geology) The Holocene epoch.

Similar:
holocene epoch, recent epoch, recent, Pleistocene, Neogene, Miocene, Eocene, Paleogene, Neocene, Oligocene, more...

Opposite:
pleistocene, prehistoric, ancient

Types:
interglacial, glacial, stade, phase, maximum, minimum, more...

Phrases:
holocene epoch, the holocene, Holocene climatic optimum, Holocene extinction, Holocene calendar, more...

Adjectives:
early, late, middle, mid, pleistocene, entire, pre, recent, glacial, preindustrial, cretaceous

Colors:
    moss green,     sky blue,     ocean teal,     forest green,     stone gray, more...
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Similar:
holocene epoch, recent epoch, recent, Pleistocene, Neogene, Miocene, Eocene, Paleogene, Neocene, Oligocene, more...

Opposite:
pleistocene, prehistoric, ancient

Types:
interglacial, glacial, stade, phase, maximum, minimum, more...

Phrases:
holocene epoch, the holocene, Holocene climatic optimum, Holocene extinction, Holocene calendar, Timeline of extinctions in the Holocene, Early Holocene sea level rise, Holocene glacial retreat, more...

Adjectives:
early, late, middle, mid, pleistocene, entire, pre, recent, glacial, preindustrial, cretaceous

Colors:
    moss green,     sky blue,     ocean teal,     forest green,     stone gray, more...



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