Etymology

cupriferous

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Today it means: Containing or producing copper. Full definition →

Latin cuprum
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  1. Latin · derived fromcuprum“copper”
  2. English todaycupriferous

From Latin cuprum (“copper”) + -iferous.

Words from the same roots

Latincuprum all →

copperascupriccuprinecuprous

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.