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saliferous

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sa·lif·er·ous  (s-lfr-s)
adj.
Containing or yielding salt.
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Adj.1.saliferous - containing or yielding salt; "saliferous formations"; "salt domes"
salty - containing or filled with salt; "salt water"


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The appearance of the country was remarkable, from being covered by a thick crust of common salt, and of a stratified saliferous alluvium, which seems to have been deposited as the land slowly rose above the level of the sea.
 
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