biorefinery

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What does biorefinery mean?

A facility that carries out coproduction of a range of biologically-based products (food, feed, materials, chemicals) and energy (fuels, power, heat) from biomass.

Where does biorefinery come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English fine English refine Middle English -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -rye English -ry English refinery English biorefinery From bio- + refinery.

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