Adjective
carbon-based
(biology) Describing any form of life based on the organic biopolymers present in all forms of life on Earth.
Burning carbon-based substances like oil, gas, and especially coal, produces billions of tons of extra carbon dioxide each year. Methane gas from cows and pigs and other animals on our large farms ends up in the atmosphere as well, trapping more of the sun's energy as heat. Bill Nye
My name is Patrick, and I'm a biped carbon-based life form. In my spare time I enjoy walking upright and being warm-blooded, and I'm a Scorpio.* I live here ... on planet Earth, a piece of rock orbiting a giant fireball in the middle of nowhere. I feel I belong here. Pat Condell
Eventually we'll be able to sequence the human genome and replicate how nature did intelligence in a carbon-based system. Bill Gates
The fifty-third Chuang Tzu wore the very first on his cloak as a diamond buckle. Every emperor became a diamond eventually. It was one of the few advantages of living as a carbon-based life form. Jon Courtenay Grimwood
A carbon tax is a tax on the consumption of carbon-based non-renewable fuels, such as petrol, diesel-fuel, jet fuels, and natural gas. Source: Internet
A carbon-based life form acquires carbon during its lifetime. Source: Internet