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energy crops

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002172

Crops grown specifically to provide the raw materials for energy production, including food crops such as corn and sugarcane and nonfood crops such as poplar trees and switchgrass.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002172
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectPlant Production, Gardening
Synonymsbioenergy crops; biofuel crops; biomass crops; biomass energy crops; fuel crops
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsonon-food crops; bioenergy industry; industrial crops; biomass; biobased products; bioenergy; biofuels; fuelwood; short rotation forestry; agrofuels; fiber crops; energy cane
TranslationsSpanish: cultivos energéticos
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002172",
  "term": "energy crops",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Crops grown specifically to provide the raw materials for energy production, including food crops such as corn and sugarcane and nonfood crops such as poplar trees and switchgrass.",
  "synonyms": [
    "bioenergy crops",
    "biofuel crops",
    "biomass crops",
    "biomass energy crops",
    "fuel crops"
  ],
  "subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
  "see_also": [
    "non-food crops",
    "bioenergy industry",
    "industrial crops",
    "biomass",
    "biobased products",
    "bioenergy",
    "biofuels",
    "fuelwood",
    "short rotation forestry",
    "agrofuels",
    "fiber crops",
    "energy cane"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cultivos energéticos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/energy-crops/"
}

Record 2,172 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.