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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

acidus

sour +

-ferous

Containing or yielding an acid.

Adj.

[Acid and L. fero.] Containing acids, or an acid.

Acidiferous minerals are such as consist of an earth combined with an acid; as carbonate of lime, aluminite, &c.

acidiferous ‎(comparative more acidiferous, superlative most acidiferous)

containing acid