aurous
/ˈɔrəs/
adjective
- Containing gold, especially in its +1 oxidation state (used in chemistry).
- Aurous gold is often found in certain mineral deposits.
- Aurous compounds are less common than auric compounds in nature.
- The chemist synthesized an aurous salt in the laboratory.
- Relating to or resembling gold; golden.
- The artist used an aurous pigment to highlight the crown.
- Her hair had an aurous sheen in the sunlight.
- The aurous leaves of autumn covered the ground.