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Auriferous

//ɔːˈɹɪfəɹəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Containing or producing gold; gold-bearing.

    "Rocks rich in gems, and mountains big with mines, / That on the high equator ridgy riſe, / Whence many a burſting ſtream auriferous plays: [...]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    containing gold wordnet

Etymology

From Latin aurifer (“gold-bearing”) + the English suffix -ous. The Latin term in turn derived from aurum (“gold”) + ferō (“I carry”).

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