FERRUGINOUS


Meaning of FERRUGINOUS in English

/feuh rooh"jeuh neuhs/ , adj.

1. Geol. iron-bearing: ferruginous clays.

2. of the color of iron rust.

[ 1655-65; ferruginus rust-colored, deriv. of ferrugin-, s. of ferrugo iron-rust, deriv. of ferrum iron; see -OUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .