siliciferous etymology

English word siliciferous comes from English silica, English -iferous

Detailed word origin of siliciferous

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
silica English (eng) Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.. Silicon dioxide.
-iferous English (eng)
siliciferous English (eng) Yielding or bearing silica.

Words with the same origin as siliciferous

Descendants of silica
Silicon Valley barysilite disiloxane felsic hexasiloxane natrosilite oligosiloxane pentasiloxane polysiloxane sila-explosive silcrete silicene silician silicide silicify silicon silicyne siloxane silsesquioxane silundum sima tetrasiloxane trisiloxane
Descendants of -iferous
coloriferous coralliferous crystalliferous fossiliferous galeniferous gasiferous guaniferous gummiferous insectiferous lamelliferous mammaliferous manniferous muriatiferous nectariferous nitrogeniferous ocelliferous ozoniferous papuliferous phosphoriferous polleniferous pyritiferous stoloniferous sulphuriferous uriniferous