hyperaccumulator
hyperaccumulator noun: any plant that can accumulate large quantities of trace elements from its environment, and thus may be used in phytoremediation or phytomining.
Noun
hyperaccumulator (plural hyperaccumulators)
- Any plant that can accumulate large quantities of trace elements from its environment, and thus may be used in phytoremediation or phytomining.
- Hyperaccumulator species are able to accumulate higher metal concentrations in their shoots than surrounding nonaccumulator plants, even from soils containing nonphytotoxic background levels of metals [35-37].2000, Donald L. Wise, Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils, page 735
- Also, the progress of constructing ideal hyperaccumulators by using biological technologies is slow.2008, M. N. V. Prasad, Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients, page 72
Forms of hyperaccumulator
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Origin of hyperaccumulator
From hyper- + accumulator.
Questions about hyperaccumulator
- What does hyperaccumulator mean?
- Hyperaccumulator means any plant that can accumulate large quantities of trace elements from its environment, and thus may be used in phytoremediation or phytomining.
- What part of speech is hyperaccumulator?
- Hyperaccumulator is a noun.
- What is the plural of hyperaccumulator?
- The plural of hyperaccumulator is hyperaccumulators.
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