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HYDROCARBON PLANT [1 record]

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Record 1 1993-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Crops
  • Biomass Energy
DEF

A plant grown in order to produce liquid and sometimes solid fuels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes industrielles
  • Énergie de la biomasse
DEF

(...) plantes [qui] (...) fournissent des combustibles liquides facilement utilisables.

OBS

Tel est le cas d'une algue verte, Botryococcus Braunii, qui contient des hydrocarbures très proches du pétrole brut, et aussi des espèces à latex riches en caoutchouc ou en résines, telles que l'hévéa, le guayule et les euphorbes.

Spanish

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