Usually means: Resembling or characteristic of petroleum.
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  1. petroleous: Merriam-Webster
  2. petroleous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. petroleous: Wordnik
  4. petroleous: Wiktionary
  5. petroleous: Dictionary.com
  6. petroleous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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Definitions from Wiktionary (petroleous)

▸ adjective:  Containing petroleum.
▸ adjective:  Pertaining to the mining of petroleum.
▸ adjective:  Characteristic of oil or petroleum.

Similar:
petroliferous, petrolic, petrogenic, petrophysical, petrochemical, petrologic, petrogeological, petrographic, oily, pelitic, more...

Opposite:
nonpetroleous, unpertroleous, apetroleous

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Similar:
petroliferous, petrolic, petrogenic, petrophysical, petrochemical, petrologic, petrogeological, petrographic, oily, pelitic, more...

Opposite:
nonpetroleous, unpertroleous, apetroleous



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