English Explanatory Dictionary

phytoextraction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of phytoremediation that exploits the process in which plants absorb substances, particularly heavy metals, from the environment and store them in their tissues.

Word forms

phytoextraction phytoextractions

Etymology

From phyto- + extraction.

Related words

hyperaccumulator phytomining
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