Containing or producing bitumen; capable of yielding bitumen.
Combines 'bitumen' with the Latin suffix '-iferous' (meaning 'bearing' or 'producing'), from 'ferre' meaning 'to carry.' The word literally means 'bitumen-bearing.'
Bituminiferous coal deposits were crucial to industrial development—they didn't just provide fuel, they could also be processed to extract bitumen for road-building and construction!
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