argentiferous

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argentiferous

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From Latin argentum + -iferous. Equivalent to argent + -iferous.

adjective more argentiferous · most argentiferous

Containing or producing silver. To these [compounds] belong native gold, alloys of gold and silver, and the argentiferous gold, or auriferous silver, obtained from the assayings of auriferous minerals and ores.

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adj containing or producing silver

Español	argentífero
Português	argentífero
Français	argentifère
Italiano	argentifero

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@misc{argentiferous_2026,
  title = {argentiferous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/argentiferous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}