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bioswale

bioswale noun: a type of biofilter designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff, consisting of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.

Noun

bioswale (plural bioswales)

  1. A type of biofilter designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff, consisting of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.

Forms of bioswale

pluralbioswales

Origin of bioswale

From bio- + swale.

Questions about bioswale

What does bioswale mean?
Bioswale means a type of biofilter designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff, consisting of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.
What part of speech is bioswale?
Bioswale is a noun.
What is the plural of bioswale?
The plural of bioswale is bioswales.

Words near bioswale in the dictionary

  1. biosurveillance
  2. biosusceptometry
  3. biosuspension
  4. biosustainability
  5. biosustainable
  6. bioswale
  7. bioswales
  8. biosyntheses
  9. biosynthesis
  10. biosynthesise
  11. biosynthesised

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