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单词 switchgrass
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Definition of switchgrass in English:

switchgrass

nounˈswɪtʃɡraːsˈswiCHˌɡras
mass noun
  • A tall North American panic grass which forms large clumps.

    Panicum virgatum, family Gramineae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They've nearly perfected an adhesive made of soy protein and used it successfully in composite boards made from virgin and recycled wood, cornstalks, switchgrass and animal processed fiber.
    • The switchgrass will be burned with coal to produce electricity.
    • Using switchgrass for ethanol production results in even higher energy gains: up to 72 percent.
    • These include products made from the switchgrass and wood chips mentioned in President Bush's address.
    • Both alfalfa and switchgrass can also be burned to generate electricity.
    • Based on modern plant distribution and abundance, it is plausible that Panicum sp. and Andropogon sp. grains are largely derived from the species switchgrass and big bluestem, respectively.
    • The mixture of warm- and cool-season grass pastures was predominantly switchgrass, big bluestem, and smooth brome.
    • Examples include plastics made from soybeans, building materials made from corn stalks and fuels made from switchgrass.
    • They'll also cover new opportunities for earning income from farmland, such as carbon sequestration and growing switchgrass as a biofuel crop.
    • More energy was also required to produce fuels from switchgrass, wood chips, and sunflower plants than their respective fuels generate.
    • Another potential fuel source under study by Iowa State researchers is switchgrass, a native warm-season grass that once thrived in the tall grass prairies.
    • Most promising, he says, is cellulosic ethanol, made from paper pulp, specially designed fuel crops like switchgrass and many wastes that can be diverted from landfill and turned into fuel.
    • I'm opposed to corn-ethanol subsidies for these reasons, but I'm open to switchgrass and other alternatives.
    • The preferred overwintering sites of adult chinch bugs are dense clumps of native warm-season bunchgrasses such as little bluestem, big bluestem and switchgrass.
    • After years of research, biopower from two unlikely crops - willow and switchgrass - soon may be a reality in New York and Iowa.
    • For example, a common warm season mixture consists of Indiangrass, big bluestem, and switchgrass.
    • Warm-season grass pastures were a mix of big and little bluestem, Indian grass, switchgrass, and sideoats grama; grazing began June 8.
 
 

Definition of switchgrass in US English:

switchgrass

nounˈswiCHˌɡras
  • A tall North American panic grass which forms large clumps.

    Panicum virgatum, family Gramineae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • More energy was also required to produce fuels from switchgrass, wood chips, and sunflower plants than their respective fuels generate.
    • Using switchgrass for ethanol production results in even higher energy gains: up to 72 percent.
    • I'm opposed to corn-ethanol subsidies for these reasons, but I'm open to switchgrass and other alternatives.
    • Warm-season grass pastures were a mix of big and little bluestem, Indian grass, switchgrass, and sideoats grama; grazing began June 8.
    • For example, a common warm season mixture consists of Indiangrass, big bluestem, and switchgrass.
    • The mixture of warm- and cool-season grass pastures was predominantly switchgrass, big bluestem, and smooth brome.
    • They'll also cover new opportunities for earning income from farmland, such as carbon sequestration and growing switchgrass as a biofuel crop.
    • They've nearly perfected an adhesive made of soy protein and used it successfully in composite boards made from virgin and recycled wood, cornstalks, switchgrass and animal processed fiber.
    • After years of research, biopower from two unlikely crops - willow and switchgrass - soon may be a reality in New York and Iowa.
    • Based on modern plant distribution and abundance, it is plausible that Panicum sp. and Andropogon sp. grains are largely derived from the species switchgrass and big bluestem, respectively.
    • Another potential fuel source under study by Iowa State researchers is switchgrass, a native warm-season grass that once thrived in the tall grass prairies.
    • The preferred overwintering sites of adult chinch bugs are dense clumps of native warm-season bunchgrasses such as little bluestem, big bluestem and switchgrass.
    • These include products made from the switchgrass and wood chips mentioned in President Bush's address.
    • Examples include plastics made from soybeans, building materials made from corn stalks and fuels made from switchgrass.
    • The switchgrass will be burned with coal to produce electricity.
    • Most promising, he says, is cellulosic ethanol, made from paper pulp, specially designed fuel crops like switchgrass and many wastes that can be diverted from landfill and turned into fuel.
    • Both alfalfa and switchgrass can also be burned to generate electricity.
 
 
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