Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Saliferous \Sa*lif"er*ous\, a. [L. sal salt + -ferous.]
   Producing, or impregnated with, salt.

   {Saliferous rocks} (Geol.), the New Red Sandstone system of
      some geologists; -- so called because, in Europe, this
      formation contains beds of salt. The saliferous beds of
      New York State belong largely to the Salina period of the
      Upper Silurian. See the Chart of {Geology}.