单词 | energy crop |
释义 | > as lemmasenergy crop energy crop n. (a) a crop grown for use as food, regarded as a source of food energy; (now rare); (b) a crop grown for use in the generation of energy by combustion, or for the production of fuels such as bioethanol. ΚΠ 1918 Creamery & Milk Plant Monthly Mar. 40/1 Ninety per cent of all the energy crop that is captured from the sun is in the form of rough stuff; only 10 per cent is fine enough in the form of grains of various kinds for the food of man. 1949 Science 22 July 81/2 The resources of the tropics are simply not such as to make the regions capable of assuming a major position in the production of the energy crops. 1975 Science 15 Aug. 539/3 In addition to the low efficiency of photosynthetic conversion, if energy crops were produced on a large scale they could compete with food and fiber crops for arable land and water. 1995 Farmers Weekly 21 July 7/4 Bavaria has agreed to subsidise 30% of the buying price for a locally designed energy crop harvester which cuts, chops, pellets and dries various crops for fuel. 2016 News Chron. (Nigeria) (Nexis) 6 Oct. It would plant an energy crop known as Jatropha and convert the extracted oil from its seeds to biodiesel. < as lemmas |
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