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Argentiferous
adj
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Containing or producing silver.
"To these [compounds] belong native gold, alloys of gold and silver, and the argentiferous gold, or auriferous silver, obtained from the assayings of auriferous minerals and ores."
Adjective
- 1 containing or yielding silver wordnet
Etymology
From Latin argentum + -iferous. Equivalent to argent + -iferous.
See also for "argentiferous"
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