saliferous
[ suh-lif-er-uh s ]
/ səˈlɪf ər əs /
adjective
containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
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Words nearby saliferous
salience, saliency, salient, salientian, salieri, saliferous, salifiable, salify, salii, salimeter, salina
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Example sentences from the Web for saliferous
It overlies a bed of saliferous sandstone which has been worked for salt.
The Andes and the Amazon|James OrtonThere is little to be said of the animals which belong to the Saliferous period.
The World Before the Deluge|Louis FiguierIn Cheshire and Lancashire the gypseous and saliferous red shales and loams of the Trias are between 1000 and 1500 feet thick.
A Manual of Elementary Geology|Charles Lyell.
British Dictionary definitions for saliferous
saliferous
/ (sæˈlɪfərəs) /
adjective
(esp of rock strata) containing or producing salt
Word Origin for saliferous
C19: from Latin sal salt + ferre to bear
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