saliferous

[ suh-lif-er-uh s ]

/ səˈlɪf ər əs /

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adjective

containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.

Nearby words

salience, saliency, salient, salientian, salieri, saliferous, salifiable, salify, salii, salimeter, salina

Origin of saliferous

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

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Examples from the Web for saliferous

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

/ (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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