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English
Etymology
petrol + -i- + -ferous
Adjective
petroliferous (comparative more petroliferous, superlative most petroliferous)
- (geology, petrology, of a rock or geologic formation) Containing or yielding petroleum.
1922, Intermountain Industry and Engineering: Official Publication: Utah Motor Transport Ass'n, volume 24: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.
Translations
containing or yielding petroleum
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