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phytoextraction

phytoextraction noun: a form of phytoremediation that exploits the process in which plants absorb substances, particularly heavy metals, from the environment and store them in their tissues.

Noun

phytoextraction (usually uncountable, plural phytoextractions)

  1. (usually) A form of phytoremediation that exploits the process in which plants absorb substances, particularly heavy metals, from the environment and store them in their tissues.
    • Phytoextraction is fundamentally an agricultural technology. Connecting this agricultural production system to metal recovery technologies will be a challenge for researchers and managers of phytoextraction enterprises.1999, Rufus L. Chaney, Yin-Ming Li, Sally L. Brown, Faye A. Homer, Minnie Malik, J. Scott Angle, Alan J. M. Baker, Roger D. Reeves, Mel Chin, Chapter 7: Improving Metal Hyperaccumulator Wild Plants...
    • The success of phytoextraction depends on two components, the contaminated soil and the plant species.2008, R. D. Tripathi, S. Srivastava, Seema Mishra, S. Dwivedi, “7: Strategies for Phytoremediation of Environmental Contamination”, in Bandana Bose, A. Hemantaranjan, editors, Developments in...

Forms of phytoextraction

pluralphytoextractions

Origin of phytoextraction

From phyto- + extraction.

Questions about phytoextraction

What does phytoextraction mean?
Phytoextraction means a form of phytoremediation that exploits the process in which plants absorb substances, particularly heavy metals, from the environment and store them in their tissues.
What part of speech is phytoextraction?
Phytoextraction is a noun.
What is the plural of phytoextraction?
The plural of phytoextraction is phytoextractions.

Words near phytoextraction in the dictionary

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

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