Hypertext Webster Gateway: "auriferous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Auriferous \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
auriferous
adj : containing gold; "auriferous quartz veins" [syn: {gold-bearing}]
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