plastivorous

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adjective

Consuming plastic.

OriginEnglish plasti(c) ← Latin plasticus ← Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós) →
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Meanings

adjectiveplastivorous (comparative more plastivorous, superlative most plastivorous)

comparative more plastivorous · superlative most plastivorous

  1. Consuming plastic.

    This is the first known life form of many known to be entirely plastivorous, able to safely decompose an entire plastic bottle in about the same amount of time a hot compost heap degrades plant matter, with obvious potential in the world of recycling.

    2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 295

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  2. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  3. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  4. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  5. Latinplasticus
  6. Englishplasti(c)
  7. Englishplastivorous

From plasti(c) + -vorous.

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APA

plastivorous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plastivorous

MLA

“plastivorous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plastivorous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plastivorous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plastivorous.

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