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hyperaccumulators

hyperaccumulators is the plural of hyperaccumulator.

Meaning of hyperaccumulator

Noun

hyperaccumulator (plural hyperaccumulators)

  1. 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

Questions about hyperaccumulators

What is hyperaccumulators the plural of?
Hyperaccumulators is the plural of hyperaccumulator.

Words near hyperaccumulators in the dictionary

  1. hyperaccumulates
  2. hyperaccumulating
  3. hyperaccumulation
  4. hyperaccumulations
  5. hyperaccumulator
  6. hyperaccumulators
  7. hyperaccuracy
  8. hyperaccurate
  9. hyperacetylate
  10. hyperacetylated
  11. hyperacetylating

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