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phytoextractions

phytoextractions is the plural of phytoextraction.

Meaning of phytoextraction

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...

Questions about phytoextractions

What is phytoextractions the plural of?
Phytoextractions is the plural of phytoextraction.

Words near phytoextractions in the dictionary

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

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