saliferous
[ suh-lif-er-uh s ]
/ səˈlɪf ər əs /
adjective
containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
Words nearby saliferous
salience,
saliency,
salient,
salientian,
salieri,
saliferous,
salifiable,
salify,
salii,
salimeter,
salina
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 OrtonThere is little to be said of the animals which belong to the Saliferous period.
The World Before the Deluge |Louis FiguierIn 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