Meanings
adjectiveargilliferous (comparative more argilliferous, superlative most argilliferous)
comparative more argilliferous · superlative most argilliferous
Origin
- Latinargilla“white clay”
- Englishargilliferous
From Latin argilla (“white clay”) + -ferous.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Portuguese argilífero
- argilíferorich in clay
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with argilliferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
All rhymes →Cite this entry
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MLA
“argilliferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/argilliferous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “argilliferous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/argilliferous.
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