auriferous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite containing gold
    gold-bearing.
    • auriferous quartz veins

WordNet

Au*rif"er*ous adjective
Etymology
L. aurifer; aurum gold + ferre to bear: cf. F. aurifère.
Definitions
  1. Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.
    Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays. Thomson.

Webster 1913