"bioplastic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: bioplast + -ic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bioplast|ic}} bioplast + -ic, {{wp|bioplasm}} Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bioplastic (uncountable)
  1. (biology, dated) Of or relating to bioplasts. Tags: dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-bioplastic-en-adj-en:of_or_relating_to_bioplasts Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with bio-, English terms suffixed with -ic, Wikipedia with redundant first parameter Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bio-: 48 52 Disambiguation of Wikipedia with redundant first parameter: 55 45 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: bioplastics [plural]
Etymology: bio- + plastic Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bio|plastic}} bio- + plastic, {{wp|bioplastic}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} bioplastic (plural bioplastics)
  1. Any form of synthetic polymer, similar to normal plastic, made from renewable biomass sources such as plant sugars, starches, or oils, rather than from petroleum. Categories (topical): Plastic Synonyms: biobased polymer Related terms: biofabric Translations (polymer): biomuovi (Finnish), bio-basierter Kunststoff [masculine] (German), Bioplastik [masculine] (German), bithphlaisteach [masculine] (Irish), bioplastica [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-bioplastic-en-noun-en:synthetic_polymer_made_from_renewable_biomass Disambiguation of Plastic: 27 73 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with bio-, Wikipedia with redundant first parameter Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bio-: 48 52 Disambiguation of Wikipedia with redundant first parameter: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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