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phytobiomass

noun

Etymology

From phyto- + biomass.

  1. derived from *maǵ-✻ — “to oil, knead”
  2. derived from μᾶζα — “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”
  3. derived from massa
  4. derived from masse
  5. prefixed as biomass — “bio + mass”
  6. prefixed as phytobiomass — “phyto + biomass”

Definitions

  1. plant biomass

    • It is necessary to bear in mind that 30 to 90 per cent of the phytobiomass is represented by roots and is consequently concentrated inside the soil, where the soil animals and microorganisms mostly live.
    • The magnitude of biomass production is greatest in the tropical rainforest area, where the annual precipitation is over 2200 mm, and the phytobiomass production decreases with the decrease of the rainfall.
    • Lignocellulosic materials represent the most significant fraction of the terrestrial phytobiomass, the largest source of organic compounds in the biosphere.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA