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phytoextracting

phytoextracting is the present participle and gerund of phytoextract.

Meaning of phytoextract

Verb

phytoextract (third-person singular simple present phytoextracts, present participle phytoextracting, simple past and past participle phytoextracted)

  1. (transitive) To remove from the environment by phytoextraction.
    • However, almost all removed Pb was simply washed from the soil and accumulated in the barrier, only a fraction (0.03%) of Pb was phytoextracted.2008, Domem Leštan, “Enhanced Heavy Metal Phytoextraction”, in Martina Mackova, David N. Dowling, Thomas Macek, editors, Phytoremediation and Rhizoremediation, page 127

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Questions about phytoextracting

What is phytoextracting the present participle and gerund of?
Phytoextracting is the present participle and gerund of phytoextract.

Words near phytoextracting in the dictionary

  1. phytoestrogen
  2. phytoestrogenic
  3. phytoestrogens
  4. phytoextract
  5. phytoextracted
  6. phytoextracting
  7. phytoextraction
  8. phytoextractions
  9. phytoextractor
  10. phytoextractors
  11. phytoextracts

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