silvichemicaln.
/sɪlvɪˈkɛmɪkəl/ Any chemical obtained from part of a tree.
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silvichemical1963
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1963 L. C. Bratt in Abstr. Papers 144th Meeting Amer. Chem. Soc. 11 d The name ‘silvichemicals’ is used in this paper to define chemicals and special products made from tree components, primarily wood, bark, and oleoresins as well as from pulp mill by-products.
1965 Jrnl. Forestry 63 163/1 The silvichemicals may be divided into the two broad classifications of complex polymers or mixtures and pure organic chemicals.
1974 Finnish Chem. Lett. VII. 262 There are clear opportunities for the creation of a profitable enterprise producing silvichemicals from technical foliage.
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