Cellulosic

Synonyms for "cellulosic" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Adjective(2 words)
biofuel from cellulosebiomass based fuel

Strong matches (5)

Adjective(5 words)
cellulose basedcellulose based fuelcellulose-basedcellulose-containingcellulose-derived

Related words (7)

Adjective(5 words)
cellulose-richcellulosic fuelderivatized cellulosemodified celluloseregenerated cellulose
Noun(1 words)
paper towels

Related word relations

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More general

10 entries
biofuelbiomaterialbiomaterial chemistrycarbohydrate polymernatural polymerplasticpolymerpolysaccharidepolysaccharide chemistryrenewable energy

More specific

12 entries
carboxymethyl cellulosecellulose acetatecellulose clothcellulose derivativecellulose ethercellulose fibercellulose filmcellulose nanocrystalcellulose papercellulosic biodieselcellulosic ethanolcellulosic methane

Collocations

6 entries
cellulosic biomasscellulosic derivativescellulosic ethanolcellulosic fibercellulosic materialcellulosic pulp

Inflections

2 entries
more cellulosicmost cellulosic

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The biofuel is known as cellulosic ethanol, and if successful, supporters say it could provide an abundant source of energy while quieting critics who say the growth of the biofuel business has put a strain on food prices and the environment.

Source: tatoeba (12111924)

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