phytomining

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The planting and harvesting of vegetation that selectively concentrates specific metals from the environment into their tissues, for the purpose of commercial exploitation of the extracted metal.

/ˈfaɪtəʊˌmaɪnɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phytomining.wav /ˈfaɪtoʊˌmaɪnɪŋ/ [-ɾoʊ-]

phytomining

From phyto- (prefix meaning ‘derived from or pertaining to plants’) + mining.

agromining

phytoextraction phytoremediation bioaccumulation bioremediation biosequestration biosynthesis hyperaccumulation semisynthesis

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