lignocellulosic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English lignocellulose Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English lignocellulosic From lignocellulose + -ic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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: