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noun
A facility that carries out coproduction of a range of biologically-based products (food, feed, materials, chemicals) and energy (fuels, power, heat) from biomass
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
The coproduction process itself
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: biorefining
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English fine English refine Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English refinery English biorefinery From bio- + refinery.
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