Plural of crude; unrefined petroleum or oil products; or the plural of crude as a noun referring to multiple crude substances or materials.
From 'crude' used as a noun (short for crude oil), with the regular plural suffix '-s'.
In the oil industry, traders buy and sell different 'crudes' like Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate—each has slightly different properties and prices!
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