Meanings
adjectivepetrolific (comparative more petrolific, superlative most petrolific)
comparative more petrolific · superlative most petrolific
- Yielding petroleum.
The Stanley shale is too intricately folded to be of any petrolific importance in the Ouachita Mountains. The Stanley sandstone may contain gas at some places in the Arkansas Valley area […]
1930, Arkansas Geological Commission, Arkansas Resources and Development Commission. Division of Geology, Bulletin (volume 3, page 114)
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with petrolific
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petrolific. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petrolific
MLA
“petrolific.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petrolific. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “petrolific,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petrolific.
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