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non-auriferous

non-auriferous adjective: not gold-bearing.

Adjective

non-auriferous (not comparable)

  1. Not gold-bearing.
    • The geologists to the expedition, however, so far as I am aware, report the country as being distinctly unpromising and definitely non-auriferous.1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 231

Origin of non-auriferous

From non- + auriferous.

Questions about non-auriferous

What does non-auriferous mean?
Non-auriferous means not gold-bearing.
What part of speech is non-auriferous?
Non-auriferous is an adjective.

Words near non-auriferous in the dictionary

  1. non-assumption
  2. non-assumptions
  3. non-atomised
  4. non-attachment
  5. non-attendance
  6. non-auriferous
  7. non-authentic
  8. non-auto
  9. non-automatic
  10. non-availability
  11. non-avian

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