Relating to chemurgy, the practice of using chemistry to convert agricultural products into useful chemicals and materials instead of just food.
From chemurgy (chem- + -urgy from Greek ergon 'work') + -ical suffix. Chemurgy emerged in the early 20th century to describe industrial chemistry applied to farm products.
Chemurgical research was crucial during World War II when scientists needed to create plastics, rubber, and solvents from crops instead of petroleum—turning corn and soybeans into everything from car parts to explosives.
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