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Biofuels

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000743

Gas or liquid fuel made from plant material (biomass). Includes wood, wood waste, wood liquors, peat, railroad ties, wood sludge, spent sulfite liquors, agricultural waste, straw, tires, fish oils, tall oil, sludge waste, waste alcohol, municipal solid waste, landfill gases, other waste, and ethanol blended into motor gasoline.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000743
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectEconomics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
Synonymsbiofuel oils; biomass fuels
ReferencesUS Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoBiobased products; Bioenergy; Fuels; Biorefining; Ethanol fuels; Energy crops; Bioenergy industry; Alternative fuels; Biological production; Biohydrogen; Algal oils; Biocathodes; Bioanodes; Microbial oils; Bioenergy cropping; Bioethanol; Biocoal; Agrofuels; Biobutanol; Pyrolysis oils; Biogas; Biodiesel
TranslationsSpanish: biocombustibles
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000743",
  "term": "Biofuels",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Gas or liquid fuel made from plant material (biomass). Includes wood, wood waste, wood liquors, peat, railroad ties, wood sludge, spent sulfite liquors, agricultural waste, straw, tires, fish oils, tall oil, sludge waste, waste alcohol, municipal solid waste, landfill gases, other waste, and ethanol blended into motor gasoline.",
  "synonyms": [
    "biofuel oils",
    "biomass fuels"
  ],
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "biobased products",
    "bioenergy",
    "fuels",
    "biorefining",
    "ethanol fuels",
    "energy crops",
    "bioenergy industry",
    "alternative fuels",
    "biological production",
    "biohydrogen",
    "algal oils",
    "biocathodes",
    "bioanodes",
    "microbial oils",
    "bioenergy cropping",
    "bioethanol",
    "biocoal",
    "agrofuels",
    "biobutanol",
    "pyrolysis oils",
    "biogas",
    "biodiesel"
  ],
  "references": [
    "US Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "biocombustibles"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/biofuels/"
}

Record 734 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.