Biorefinery

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A facility that carries out coproduction of a range of biologically-based products (food, feed, materials, chemicals) and energy (fuels, power, heat) from biomass countable
  2. 2
    The coproduction process itself uncountable

Etymology

From bio- + refinery.

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