Found 2 items, similar to Auriferous.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: auriferous
auriferous
adj : containing gold;
“auriferous quartz veins” [syn:
gold-bearing]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Auriferous
Auriferous
\Au*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. aurifer; aurum gold + ferre
to bear: cf. F. aurif[`e]re.]
Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.
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Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays.
--Thomson.
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Auriferous pyrites, iron pyrites (iron disulphide),
containing some gold disseminated through it.
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