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Noun: biochar  'bI-ow,chaa(r)
  1. Charcoal created by pyrolysis of wood, straw, waste, etc. for carbon capture and storage
    "Farmers added biochar to the soil to improve its fertility and sequester carbon"

Type of: charcoal, wood coal

Encyclopedia: Biochar