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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. containing gold;
- Example: "auriferous quartz veins"
[syn: auriferous, gold-bearing]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

auriferous adj 1: containing gold; "auriferous quartz veins" [syn: auriferous, gold-bearing]