Usually means: Chemicals derived from petroleum processing.
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  1. petrochemical: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. petrochemical: Merriam-Webster
  3. petrochemical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. petrochemical: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. petrochemical: Collins English Dictionary
  6. petrochemical: Vocabulary.com
  7. Petrochemical, petrochemical: Wordnik
  8. petrochemical: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. petrochemical: Wiktionary
  10. petrochemical: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. petrochemical: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. petrochemical: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. petrochemical: Dictionary.com
  14. petrochemical: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. petrochemical: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Petrochemical: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. petrochemical: Rhymezone
  18. petrochemical: FreeDictionary.org
  19. petrochemical: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. petrochemical: Encyclopedia

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(Note: See petrochemicals as well.)

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noun:  (petrochemistry) Any compound derived from petroleum or natural gas.
adjective:  Of or pertaining to the such compounds, or the industry that produces them.

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