Etymology

hydrargyriferous

Today it means: Bearing or producing mercury Full definition →

Latin hydrargyrum
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  1. Latin · derived fromhydrargyrum“mercury”
  2. English todayhydrargyriferous

From Latin hydrargyrum (“mercury”) + -iferous.

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