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mycodiesel

mycodiesel noun: an alternative diesel fuel produced by fungi.

Noun

mycodiesel (usually uncountable, plural mycodiesels)

  1. (usually) An alternative diesel fuel produced by fungi.
    • Many of these mycodiesel hydrocarbons are terpenes, a chemically diverse class of compounds produced by many plants, fungi, and bacteria.2016 February 18, “Rapid Discovery and Functional Characterization of Terpene Synthases from Four Endophytic Xylariaceae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of mycodiesel

pluralmycodiesels

Origin of mycodiesel

From myco- + diesel.

Questions about mycodiesel

What does mycodiesel mean?
Mycodiesel means an alternative diesel fuel produced by fungi.
What part of speech is mycodiesel?
Mycodiesel is a noun.
What is the plural of mycodiesel?
The plural of mycodiesel is mycodiesels.

Words near mycodiesel in the dictionary

  1. mycodermous
  2. mycoderms
  3. mycodextran
  4. mycodextranase
  5. mycodextranases
  6. mycodiesel
  7. mycodiesels
  8. mycodiversity
  9. mycodomatia
  10. mycoestrogen
  11. mycoestrogens

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