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biosource

biosource noun: a biological source of some material.

Noun

biosource (plural biosources)

  1. A biological source of some material.
    • There is growing interest in alternative adsorbentia, eg, from biosources such as rice-hull ash (silica) (Proctor etal.. 1995) or soy hull carbon (Proctor and Harris, 1996).2001, M. B. Springett, Raw ingredient quality in processed foods, page 44
    • The reason petroleum so often serves as the foundation for plastics production is that it offers an ultraconcentrated source of carbon, but carbon is carbon and with the right manipulations other handier biosources like lawn litter will do.2008 April 15, Natalie Angier, “Adored, Deplored and Ubiquitous”, in New York Times

Forms of biosource

pluralbiosources

Origin of biosource

From bio- + source.

Questions about biosource

What does biosource mean?
Biosource means a biological source of some material.
What part of speech is biosource?
Biosource is a noun.
What is the plural of biosource?
The plural of biosource is biosources.

Words near biosource in the dictionary

  1. biosorbs
  2. biosorption
  3. biosorptions
  4. biosorptive
  5. biosorting
  6. biosource
  7. biosourced
  8. biosources
  9. biosovereignty
  10. biosparite
  11. biosparites

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