ferrugiferous
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin ferrugo (“rust”) + -iferous.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editferrugiferous (comparative more ferrugiferous, superlative most ferrugiferous)
- Bearing or producing rust or iron oxides
- 1865, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 31, page 709:
- Boulders of ferrugiferous stone cropped out at intervals ...
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