mycodiesel

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English

Etymology

From myco- +‎ diesel.

Noun

mycodiesel (usually uncountable, plural mycodiesels)

  1. An alternative diesel fuel produced by fungi.
    • 2016 February 18, “Rapid Discovery and Functional Characterization of Terpene Synthases from Four Endophytic Xylariaceae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Many of these mycodiesel hydrocarbons are terpenes, a chemically diverse class of compounds produced by many plants, fungi, and bacteria.