Real Dictionary

chemurgy in American English
the branch of chemistry dealing with the utilization of organic products, esp. from farms, in the manufacture of new products not classed as food or clothing (e. g., soybeans as a base for plastics or the production of methane from animal waste or garbage
noun: a division of applied chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic substances, esp. substances obtained from farm produce, as soybeans or peanuts

chemurgy in British English
noun: the branch of chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic raw materials, esp materials of agricultural origin