chemurgy
noun
a division of applied chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic substances, especially substances obtained from farm produce, as soybeans or peanuts.
chemurgic
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a word derived from
chemurgy.
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Yet the greatest fiasco of the chemurgic movement had been the 1937 investment of $275,000 of Chemical Foundation funds in a 10,000-gallon-a-day alcohol plant of the Atchison Agrol Co. at Atchison, Kans.
From Time Magazine Archive
Besides having acquired a considerable reputation as a motormaker and collector of antiques, Henry Ford looms very large in the U. S. "chemurgic" movement, which explores and promotes industrial use of agricultural products.
From Time Magazine Archive
