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Noun: petroleum  pu'trow-lee-um
  1. A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
    - crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil, black gold [informal]

Derived forms: petroleums

Type of: fossil fuel, oil

Encyclopedia: Petroleum, West Virginia

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