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hyperaccumulate

hyperaccumulate verb: to accumulate in large amounts.

Verb

hyperaccumulate (third-person singular simple present hyperaccumulates, present participle hyperaccumulating, simple past and past participle hyperaccumulated)

  1. (transitive) To accumulate in large amounts.
    • an angiosperm that hyperaccumulates heavy metals

Forms of hyperaccumulate

third-person singular presenthyperaccumulates
present participlehyperaccumulating
past participlehyperaccumulated
pasthyperaccumulated

Origin of hyperaccumulate

From hyper- + accumulate.

Questions about hyperaccumulate

What does hyperaccumulate mean?
Hyperaccumulate means to accumulate in large amounts.
What part of speech is hyperaccumulate?
Hyperaccumulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of hyperaccumulate?
The past tense of hyperaccumulate is hyperaccumulated.

Words near hyperaccumulate in the dictionary

  1. hyperacceleration
  2. hyperaccommodation
  3. hyperaccommodative
  4. hyperaccreting
  5. hyperaccretion
  6. hyperaccumulate
  7. hyperaccumulated
  8. hyperaccumulates
  9. hyperaccumulating
  10. hyperaccumulation
  11. hyperaccumulations

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