saliferous

Definitions

sali (salt) + fer (carry, bear) + -ous (adj.) = 'salt-bearing.' A compound of two roots: sal supplies the salt, fer (the same root as in transfer, fertile) supplies the 'bearing/producing.' Used mainly in geology for salt-bearing rock.

Common Collocations

• 1.saliferous deposits含盐矿床
• 2.saliferous rock含盐岩石
• 3.saliferous strata含盐地层

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Saliferous rocks formed in ancient inland seas that slowly evaporated.

• 2.

  Geologists mapped the saliferous strata beneath the desert.