Usually means: Containing or producing crude oil.
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  1. petroliferous: Merriam-Webster
  2. petroliferous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. petroliferous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. petroliferous: Wordnik
  5. petroliferous: Wiktionary
  6. petroliferous: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. petroliferous: Dictionary.com
  8. petroliferous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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Definitions from Wiktionary (petroliferous)

▸ adjective:  (geology, petrology, of a rock or geologic formation) Containing or yielding petroleum.

Similar:
petroleous, petrolic, petrogenic, petrologic, petrophysical, petrogeological, petrogenetic, petrographic, petrochemical, petrifactive, more...

Opposite:
nonpetroliferous, unpetroliferous, non-oil-producing

Phrases:
pan petroliferous, more...

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Similar:
petroleous, petrolic, petrogenic, petrologic, petrophysical, petrogeological, petrogenetic, petrographic, petrochemical, petrifactive, more...

Opposite:
nonpetroliferous, unpetroliferous, non-oil-producing

Phrases:
pan petroliferous, more...



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