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saliferous

/suh-lif-er-uhs/US // səˈlɪf ər əs //UK // (sæˈlɪfərəs) //

含盐的,含盐,含盐量高的,含羞草

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.

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Examples

  • There is little to be said of the animals which belong to the Saliferous period.

  • In Cheshire and Lancashire the gypseous and saliferous red shales and loams of the Trias are between 1000 and 1500 feet thick.

  • It overlies a bed of saliferous sandstone which has been worked for salt.