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bioprospect

bioprospect verb: to search for natural products that might have a commercial application.

Verb

bioprospect (third-person singular simple present bioprospects, present participle bioprospecting, simple past and past participle bioprospected)

  1. To search for natural products that might have a commercial application

Forms of bioprospect

third-person singular presentbioprospects
present participlebioprospecting
past participlebioprospected
pastbioprospected

Origin of bioprospect

From bio- + prospect.

Questions about bioprospect

What does bioprospect mean?
Bioprospect means to search for natural products that might have a commercial application.
What part of speech is bioprospect?
Bioprospect is a verb.
What is the past tense of bioprospect?
The past tense of bioprospect is bioprospected.

Words near bioprospect in the dictionary

  1. bioprojects
  2. biopropane
  3. bioproperties
  4. bioproperty
  5. biopropulsion
  6. bioprospect
  7. bioprospected
  8. bioprospecting
  9. bioprospection
  10. bioprospector
  11. bioprospectors

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