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plastivorous

plastivorous adjective: consuming plastic.

Adjective

plastivorous (comparative more plastivorous, superlative most plastivorous)

  1. Consuming plastic.
    • This is the first known life form of many known to be entirely plastivorous, able to safely decompose an entire plastic bottle in about the same amount of time a hot compost heap degrades plant matter, with obvious potential in the world of recycling.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 295

Forms of plastivorous

comparativemore plastivorous
superlativemost plastivorous

Origin of plastivorous

From plasti(c) + -vorous.

Questions about plastivorous

What does plastivorous mean?
Plastivorous means consuming plastic.
What part of speech is plastivorous?
Plastivorous is an adjective.

Words near plastivorous in the dictionary

  1. plastisols
  2. plastisphere
  3. plastispheres
  4. plastivore
  5. plastivores
  6. plastivorous
  7. plastizyme
  8. plastizymes
  9. plasto-
  10. plastochron
  11. plastochronal

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