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auriferous
containing or yielding gold
In 1848 gold-hungry men rushed from far and wide to the auriferous banks of the Sacramento River.
Related English word: aureate (golden, gilded)
Latin root words: aurifer, aurifera, auriferum - gold-bearing; aurarius, auraria, aurarium - golden; aureolus, aureola, aureolum - golden; aureus, aurea, aureum - golden; aurum, auri, n. - gold
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