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-rich

suffix
 
 
/-rɪtʃ/

Definition

containing a large amount of a valuable substance: milk and other calcium-rich food an oil-rich countryIncluding and containingComprising and consisting of
(Definition of -rich suffix from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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