- seleniferous
-
adjective
Date: 1823
containing or yielding selenium <seleniferous vegetation> <seleniferous soils>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
seleniferous
Look at other dictionaries:
Seleniferous — Sel e*nif er*ous, a. [Selenium + ferous. ] Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous pyrites. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
seleniferous — sel·e·nif·er·ous .sel ə nif (ə )rəs adj containing or yielding selenium <seleniferous vegetation> * * * se·le·nif·e·rous (se″lə nifґər us) containing large amounts of selenium; see selenium poisoning, under poisoning … Medical dictionary
seleniferous — |selə|nif(ə)rəs adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary selen (II) + ferous : containing or yielding selenium seleniferous vegetation … Useful english dictionary
seleniferous — /sel euh nif euhr euhs/, adj. containing or yielding selenium. [1815 25; SELEN(IUM) + I + FEROUS] * * * … Universalium
seleniferous — adjective containing, or yielding selenium … Wiktionary
seleniferous — sel·e·nif·er·ous … English syllables
seleniferous plant — noun : a plant that absorbs large quantities of selenium from the soil and retains it within the plant tissues … Useful english dictionary
selen- — I. combining form or seleno Etymology: Latin selen , from Greek selēn , from selēnē more at selenium moon < selenium > < selenology > II. combining form or seleni Etymology: Swedi … New Collegiate Dictionary
selenium — /si lee nee euhm/, n. Chem. a nonmetallic element chemically resembling sulfur and tellurium, occurring in several allotropic forms, as crystalline and amorphous, and having an electrical resistance that varies under the influence of light.… … Universalium
Asterales — ▪ plant order Introduction daisy order of flowering plants, containing 11 families and some 26,000 species. The major families are Asteraceae and Campanulaceae (including Lobeliaceae), with far fewer species in the remaining families of… … Universalium
