English Explanatory Dictionary

hyperaccumulator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any plant that can accumulate large quantities of trace elements from its environment, and thus may be used in phytoremediation or phytomining.

Word forms

hyperaccumulator hyperaccumulators

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin accumulātorbor. English accumulator English hyperaccumulator From hyper- + accumulator.

Related words

hyperaccumulation phytomining phytoremediation
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