crystalliferous

adjective

crys·​tal·​lif·​er·​ous

¦kristə¦lif(ə)rəs

: producing or bearing crystals

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary crystall- + -i- + -ferous; probably originally formed as French cristallifère

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

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