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graveliferous

graveliferous adjective: containing gravel.

Adjective

graveliferous (comparative more graveliferous, superlative most graveliferous)

  1. Containing gravel.
    • a graveliferous mineral deposit

Forms of graveliferous

comparativemore graveliferous
superlativemost graveliferous

Origin of graveliferous

From gravel + -i- + -ferous.

Questions about graveliferous

What does graveliferous mean?
Graveliferous means containing gravel.
What part of speech is graveliferous?
Graveliferous is an adjective.

Words near graveliferous in the dictionary

  1. graveless
  2. gravelessness
  3. Graveley
  4. Graveleys
  5. graveliest
  6. graveliferous
  7. gravelike
  8. gravelin
  9. Graveline
  10. Gravelines
  11. graveliness

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