petroliferous

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adjective

Containing or yielding petroleum.

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Meanings

adjectivepetroliferous (comparative more petroliferous, superlative most petroliferous)

comparative more petroliferous · superlative most petroliferous

  1. geographyContaining or yielding petroleum.

    Oil-shales are often the last relics of a former impregnation with petroleum; they are associated with phenomena—such as the intrusive asphaltites or manjacks—common to petroliferous regions, but in many cases the parent oilfields, the sources of the former impregnation, are things of the past.

    1922, Intermountain Industry and Engineering: Official Publication: Utah Motor Transport Ass'n, volume 24

Origin

From petrol + -i- + -ferous.

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Translations

Polish roponośny
  • roponośnycontaining or yielding petroleum
Russian нефтено́сный
  • нефтено́сный (neftenósnyj)containing or yielding petroleum

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with petroliferous

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APA

petroliferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petroliferous

MLA

“petroliferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petroliferous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “petroliferous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petroliferous.

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