saliferousadj.

/səˈlɪfərəs/

Etymology: < Latin sal, sali- salt + -ferous comb. form, perhaps after modern French salifère. (Compare Kirwan's saliniferous.)

Containing a large proportion of salt: said chiefly of strata. Formerly used in Geology to define the Upper Trias.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [adjective] > of or belonging to a stratum > containing salt

saliniferous1799

saliferous1828

1828–32 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Eaton).

1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 332 A saliferous red marl.

1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 612/2 Saliferous System of Europe.

1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) I. i. i. 65 The name saliferous has sometimes been given to this group [sc. the new red sandstone series].

1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. x. 181 The saliferous district of Cordova.

1879 G. Gladstone in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 315/1 The water in percolating through the saliferous strata will dissolve out the salt.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	saliferous
释义	saliferousadj. /səˈlɪfərəs/ Etymology: < Latin sal, sali- salt + -ferous comb. form, perhaps after modern French salifère. (Compare Kirwan's saliniferous.) Containing a large proportion of salt: said chiefly of strata. Formerly used in Geology to define the Upper Trias. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [adjective] > of or belonging to a stratum > containing salt saliniferous1799 saliferous1828 1828–32 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Eaton). 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 332 A saliferous red marl. 1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 612/2 Saliferous System of Europe. 1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) I. i. i. 65 The name saliferous has sometimes been given to this group [sc. the new red sandstone series]. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. x. 181 The saliferous district of Cordova. 1879 G. Gladstone in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 315/1 The water in percolating through the saliferous strata will dissolve out the salt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.1828
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