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单词 saliferous
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saliferous

[ suh-lif-er-uhs ]
/ səˈlɪf ər əs /
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adjective

containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.

Origin of saliferous

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

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 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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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