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Rock oil

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Naphtha (liquid petroleum). countable, dated, uncountable
  2. 2
    a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons wordnet
  3. 3
    Petroleum countable, obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

From rock + oil, a literal rendering of Latin petroleum (literally “rock oil”).

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