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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A liquid residue formed during the pulping of wood to make paper, having a high concentration of lignin and capable of being used as a biomass fuel.
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ruzuzu commented on the word black liquor
"The Florida Highway Patrol confirmed the substance was black liquor — a waste product in the paper manufacturing process — in a news release early Monday morning."
-- "International Paper explosion: US 29, Muscogee Road open" by Emma Kennedy, Pensacola News Journal (http://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/cantonment/2017/01/23/authorities-clean-up-international-paper-explosion-site/96952852/)
January 24, 2017
chained_bear commented on the word black liquor
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January 27, 2017