mycodiesel

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noun

An alternative diesel fuel produced by fungi.

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Meanings

nounmycodiesel (usually uncountable, plural mycodiesels)

plural mycodiesels

  1. uncountableusuallyAn alternative diesel fuel produced by fungi.

    Many of these mycodiesel hydrocarbons are terpenes, a chemically diverse class of compounds produced by many plants, fungi, and bacteria.

    2016 February 18, “Rapid Discovery and Functional Characterization of Terpene Synthases from Four Endophytic Xylariaceae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From myco- + diesel.

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mycodiesel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycodiesel

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“mycodiesel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycodiesel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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