saliferous

[suh-lif-er-uh s]

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adjective

containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.

Origin of saliferous

First recorded in 1820–30; sal + -i- + -ferous

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Related Words for saliferous

saline, alkaline, pungent, briny, sour, salted, acrid, brackish, salt, saliferous, saltish

Examples from the Web for saliferous

Historical Examples of saliferous

There is little to be said of the animals which belong to the Saliferous period.
The World Before the Deluge
Louis Figuier
It overlies a bed of saliferous sandstone which has been worked for salt.
The Andes and the Amazon
James Orton
In 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

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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