grassoline

English

Etymology

Blend of grass +‎ gasoline

Noun

grassoline (uncountable)

  1. Gasoline produced from grass.
    • 2011, Harvey Blatt, America's Environmental Report Card: Are We Making the Grade?:
      Using cellulose from native rather than from cultivated plants (“grassoline”) does not require fertilizer or the petroleum-using machinery to spread it.
    • 2013, Carol Hand, Biomass Energy, page 98:
      This could translate to more than 100 billion gallons (379 billion L) of “grassoline,” or cellulosic biomass fuel derived from woods, grasses, inedible plant stalks, and other potential sources.
    • 2018, Lisa Margonelli, Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology:
      If the lab could find these cutting enzymes and identify their genes, they might be helpful for the greater project of making grassoline.

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