different between biomass vs miscanthus

English

Etymology

From bio- +? mass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?.?(?)?mæs/
• Hyphenation: bi?o?mass

Noun

biomass (usually uncountable, plural biomasses)

1. The total mass of a living thing or part thereof, such as a cell.
   • 2005, David A Guertin and David M Sabatini, chapter "Cell Size Control" in Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Wiley:

     Since protein constitutes the majority of the biomass of a cell, building new protein is a major way that cells increase their size.

2. The total mass of all living things within a specific area, habitat etc.
   • 2015, Theo Tait, ‘Don't wear yum-yum yellow’, London Review of Books, vol. 34 no. 15:

     In the untouched Shangri-la-like Kingman Reef in the Line Islands in the central Pacific, sharks make up 75 per cent of the fish biomass.

3. Vegetation used as a fuel, or source of energy, especially if cultivated for that purpose.
   • 1997, R. Socolow, Industrial Ecology and Global Change, Cambridge University Press (?ISBN), page 199

     Advanced technologies such as gasifier/gas turbine systems for electric power generation and fuel cells for transportation make it possible for biomass to provide a substantial share of world energy in the decades ahead, at competitive costs.

Derived terms

• nonbiomass
• phytobiomass
• zoobiomass

Related terms

• mineralomass

Translations

References

• “biomass”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From translingual Miscanthus (“genus name”).

Noun

miscanthus (plural miscanthuses)

1. Any of several perennial grasses, of genus Miscanthus, native to subtropical and tropical regions of Africa and southern Asia, which is cultivated as an ornamental plant and is being used as a source of biomass for the production of biofuel.
   • 1930, Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Volumes 28-32, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, page 23,

     On the four sides of the box are autumnal plants — asters, patrinias, crawfudias, miscanthuses, eupatoriiuns, platycodons, and chrysanthemums, among which butterflies hover.

   • 2006, James Raimes, Gardening at Ginger: My Seven-Year Obsession with Designing and Planting a Personal Landscape, page 33,

     These miscanthuses are magnificent plants, great green mounds getting taller and taller through the summer and fall, […] .

   • 2014, D. K. Lee, Allen S. Parrish, Thomas B. Voigt, Chapter 3: Switchgrass and Giant Miscanthus Agronomy, Yogendra Shastri, Alan Hansen, Luis Rodríguez, K.C. Ting (editors), Engineering and Science of Biomass Feedstock Production and Provision, page 37,

     Two species, switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and giant miscanthus (Miscanthus × giganteus), are of interest as dedicated energy crops as both have great biomass production potential.

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