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oil-bearing

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adj.1.containing oils; - of geological formations; as, oil-bearing shale.
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Adj.1.oil-bearing - containing oil; "oil-bearing shale"
productive - producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration"


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On this mighty tide the black ships--laden with the fresh-scented fir-planks, with rounded sacks of oil-bearing seed, or with the dark glitter of coal--are borne along to the town of St.
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The same varieties of the cabbage do not yield abundant and nutritious foliage and a copious supply of oil-bearing seeds.
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