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phytochelatins

phytochelatins is the plural of phytochelatin.

Meaning of phytochelatin

Noun

phytochelatin (plural phytochelatins)

  1. A metal-binding polypeptide that is formed in some plants exposed to high levels of heavy metals

Questions about phytochelatins

What is phytochelatins the plural of?
Phytochelatins is the plural of phytochelatin.

Words near phytochelatins in the dictionary

  1. phytochamber
  2. phytochambers
  3. phytochelatin
  4. phytochelatine
  5. phytochelatines
  6. phytochelatins
  7. phytochelation
  8. phytochemical
  9. phytochemically
  10. phytochemicals
  11. phytochemist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phytochelatins (page history and authors); phytochelatin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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