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biofortification

biofortification noun: the process of increasing the nutritional content of the edible portion of plant foods to levels that consistently exceed the average content observed.

Noun

biofortification (usually uncountable, plural biofortifications)

  1. (usually) The process of increasing the nutritional content of the edible portion of plant foods to levels that consistently exceed the average content observed.

Forms of biofortification

pluralbiofortifications

Origin of biofortification

From bio- + fortification.

Questions about biofortification

What does biofortification mean?
Biofortification means the process of increasing the nutritional content of the edible portion of plant foods to levels that consistently exceed the average content observed.
What part of speech is biofortification?
Biofortification is a noun.
What is the plural of biofortification?
The plural of biofortification is biofortifications.

Words near biofortification in the dictionary

  1. bioforensics
  2. bioform
  3. bioforms
  4. bioformulation
  5. bioformulations
  6. biofortification
  7. biofortifications
  8. biofortified
  9. biofortifies
  10. biofortify
  11. biofortifying

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