| Pronunciation: | | o'rifurus
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[adj] containing gold; "auriferous quartz veins" |
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AURIFEROUS is a 10 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | gold-bearing, metal(a), metallic |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Au*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. aurifer; aurum gold + ferre
to bear: cf. F. aurif[`e]re.]
Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.
Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays.
--Thomson.
{Auriferous pyrites}, iron pyrites (iron disulphide),
containing some gold disseminated through it.
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