Synonyms for biomass
ˈbaɪ oʊˌmæsbiomass

Princeton's WordNet

1. biomassnoun

   plant materials and animal waste used as fuel

2. biomassnoun

   the total mass of living matter in a given unit area

Matched Categories

1. • Fuel
   • Mass

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1. List of paraphrases for "biomass":

   bio-mass, biomass-based

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1. Oceanographer Autun Purser:

   There is generally a low reign of food, as it is in the middle of the Pacific Gyre, a low productivity area with little upwelling nutrient rich waters, so though there will be seafloor animals, there will not be a high biomass down there probably.

2. Korneel Rabaey:

   We can look for new enzymes which could be used to degrade tough biomass.

3. Masanobu Shimada:

   We can get an idea about biomass from the shading of its images.

4. Aron Deneyer:

   When we produce our light naphta we burn it in our car and we get some CO2, but this CO2 can be used to build new biomass and so we have a very short cycle, while crude oil will last a very long cycle to replace the crude oil.

5. Professor House:

   We envisioned and tested the concept of simultaneously treating astronauts’ waste with microbes while producing a biomass that is edible either directly or indirectly, depending on safety concerns, it’s a little strange, but the concept would be a little bit like Marmite or Vegemite, where you’re eating a smear of ‘microbial goo’.