biofiber

English

Alternative forms

• biofibre

Etymology

From bio- +‎ fiber.

Noun

biofiber (countable and uncountable, plural biofibers)

1. Any fiber (including dietary fiber) manufactured from plant material
   • 2015 July 14, “Genome Regions Associated with Functional Performance of Soybean Stem Fibers in Polypropylene Thermoplastic Composites”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The world production of soybean in 2011 was 251.5 million metric tons (www.soystats.com/2012/page_30.htm ), which resulted in potentially over 100 million tons of soybean stems available for biofiber production.