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selenitiferous

selenitiferous adjective: bearing selenite.

Adjective

selenitiferous (comparative more selenitiferous, superlative most selenitiferous)

  1. Bearing selenite.
    • a selenitiferous clay

Forms of selenitiferous

comparativemore selenitiferous
superlativemost selenitiferous

Origin of selenitiferous

From selenite + -i- + -ferous.

Words that rhyme with selenitiferous

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Questions about selenitiferous

What does selenitiferous mean?
Selenitiferous means bearing selenite.
What part of speech is selenitiferous?
Selenitiferous is an adjective.

Words near selenitiferous in the dictionary

  1. selenite
  2. selenites
  3. selenitian
  4. selenitic
  5. selenitical
  6. selenitiferous
  7. selenium
  8. selenium cell
  9. selenium dioxide
  10. selenium eye
  11. selenium eyes

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