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grassoline

grassoline noun: gasoline produced from grass.

Noun

grassoline (uncountable)

  1. Gasoline produced from grass.
    • Using cellulose from native rather than from cultivated plants (“grassoline”) does not require fertilizer or the petroleum-using machinery to spread it.2011, Harvey Blatt, America's Environmental Report Card: Are We Making the Grade?
    • This could translate to more than 100 billion gallons (379 billion L) of “grassoline,” or cellulosic biomass fuel derived from woods, grasses, inedible plant stalks, and other potential sources.2013, Carol Hand, Biomass Energy, page 98

Origin of grassoline

Blend of grass + gasoline.

Questions about grassoline

What does grassoline mean?
Grassoline means gasoline produced from grass.
What part of speech is grassoline?
Grassoline is a noun.

Words near grassoline in the dictionary

  1. Grassmans
  2. Grassmere
  3. Grassmoor
  4. grassnut
  5. Grasso
  6. grassoline
  7. Grassos
  8. grasspea
  9. grasspeas
  10. grassplat
  11. grassplats

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