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lignocellulosic

lignocellulosic adjective: of, pertaining to, or derived from lignocellulose; used especially to describe the products of biomass.

Adjective

lignocellulosic (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from lignocellulose; used especially to describe the products of biomass.
    • Lignocellulosic materials represent the most significant fraction of the terrestrial phytobiomass, the largest source of organic compounds in the biosphere.2011, Marcos Silveira Buckeridge, Routes to Cellulosic Ethanol, page 54

Noun

lignocellulosic (plural lignocellulosics)

  1. Any material composed of lignocellulose

Forms of lignocellulosic

plurallignocellulosics

Origin of lignocellulosic

From lignocellulose + -ic.

Questions about lignocellulosic

What does lignocellulosic mean?
Lignocellulosic means of, pertaining to, or derived from lignocellulose; used especially to describe the products of biomass.
What part of speech is lignocellulosic?
Lignocellulosic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near lignocellulosic in the dictionary

  1. lignocellulase
  2. lignocellulases
  3. lignocellulolytic
  4. lignocellulose
  5. lignocelluloses
  6. lignocellulosic
  7. lignocellulosically
  8. lignocellulosics
  9. lignocerate
  10. lignocerates
  11. lignoceric

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