biopolymer
noun
bio·poly·mer
ˌbī-ō-ˈpä-lə-mər 
: a polymeric substance (such as a protein or polysaccharide) formed in a biological system
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Instead, the material is made of recycled rubber, vegetable proteins and biopolymers.
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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Perhaps some critter in the ocean’s food chain could be altered to excrete an organic biopolymer like lignin that’s hard to metabolize, which would settle to the seafloor and sequester carbon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 June 2021
The dose-on-demand technology eschews heat and aerosols, and instead uses the biopolymers that mimic a natural phenomenon — how a breeze can spread a scent of blooming flowers.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Key Ingredients: Synthetic growth factors (peptides), biopolymers, kangaroo paw flower extract
Size: 1 fl. oz.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 6 May 2025
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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Perhaps some critter in the ocean’s food chain could be altered to excrete an organic biopolymer like lignin that’s hard to metabolize, which would settle to the seafloor and sequester carbon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 June 2021
The dose-on-demand technology eschews heat and aerosols, and instead uses the biopolymers that mimic a natural phenomenon — how a breeze can spread a scent of blooming flowers.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Key Ingredients: Synthetic growth factors (peptides), biopolymers, kangaroo paw flower extract
Size: 1 fl. oz.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 6 May 2025
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biopolymer
noun
bio·poly·mer
ˌbī-ō-ˈpäl-ə-mər
: a polymeric substance (as a protein or polysaccharide) formed in a biological system
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