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. [1913 Webster] Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] Auriferous pyrites, iron pyrites (iron disulphide), containing some gold disseminated through it. [1913 Webster]