acidiferous

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  1. Bearing, producing, or containing acids, or an acid.
  2. Acidiferous mineral a mineral which consists of an earth combined with an acid, as calcium carbonate, aluminite, etc.

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  1. from New Latin acidum, acid, + Latin ferre = English bear, + -ous.
 

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