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petroliferous

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Containing or yielding petroleum.

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Examples

“Oil-shales are often the last relics of a former impregnation with petroleum; they are associated with phenomenasuch 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.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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