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mycoremediation

mycoremediation noun: the use of fungi to degrade or sequester contaminants in the environment.

Noun

mycoremediation (usually uncountable, plural mycoremediations)

  1. (usually) The use of fungi to degrade or sequester contaminants in the environment.

Forms of mycoremediation

pluralmycoremediations

Origin of mycoremediation

From myco- + remediation, coined by Paul Stamets; also, by surface analysis, mycoremediate + -ion.

Questions about mycoremediation

What does mycoremediation mean?
Mycoremediation means the use of fungi to degrade or sequester contaminants in the environment.
What part of speech is mycoremediation?
Mycoremediation is a noun.
What is the plural of mycoremediation?
The plural of mycoremediation is mycoremediations.

Words near mycoremediation in the dictionary

  1. mycoredoxin
  2. mycoremediate
  3. mycoremediated
  4. mycoremediates
  5. mycoremediating
  6. mycoremediation
  7. mycoremediations
  8. mycoremediator
  9. mycoremediators
  10. mycoreovirus
  11. mycoreoviruses

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