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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Saliferous

· Sa·lif·er·ous · IPA
01 a. Producing, or impregnated with, salt.
  1. 1.
    Producing, or impregnated with, salt.
Phrases & compounds
Saliferous rocks — the New Red Sandstone system of some geologists; -- so called because, in Europe, this formation contains beds of salt. The saliferous beds of New York State belong largely to the Salina period of the Upper Silurian. See the Chart of Geology.