"bioplastic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bio-: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 68 32 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: bioplastics [plural]
Etymology: From bio- + plastic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bio|plastic}} bio- + plastic, {{wp}} 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: 33 67 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with bio- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bio-: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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