biomass

noun
🔊/ˈbaɪəʊmæs/
🔊/ˈbaɪəʊmæs/
[uncountable, singular] (specialist)
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  1. the total quantity or mass (= weight) of plants and animals in a particular area or volume 生物量(单位面积或体积中所含的生物个体总量或其总质量)
  2. natural materials from living or recently dead plants, trees and animals, used as fuel and in industrial production, especially in the generation of electricity生物质(活着的或刚死去的动植物的天然腐化物质,用于燃料或工业生产,尤其是发电)
    • biomass crops生物质农作物
    compare fossil fuel