adjective
Origin: L aurifer (< aurum, gold: see east + ferre, bear) + -ous
See auriferous in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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Origin: From Latin aurifer, gold-bearing
Origin: : aurum, gold
Origin: + -fer, -fer
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