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phytomining

Syllables: phy·to·min·ing/ˈfaɪtəʊˌmaɪnɪŋ/US/ˈfaɪtoʊˌmaɪnɪŋ/

phytomining noun: the planting and harvesting of vegetation that selectively concentrates specific metals from the environment into its tissues, for the purpose of commercial exploitation of the extracted metal.

phytomining: the planting and harvesting of vegetation that selectively concentrates specific metals from the...
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Noun

phytomining (uncountable)

  1. The planting and harvesting of vegetation that selectively concentrates specific metals from the environment into its tissues, for the purpose of commercial exploitation of the extracted metal.
    • Cultivation of hyperaccumulators on naturally enriched areas offers the greatest promise for use in phytomining. Phytomining is a more specific form of phytoremediation where the purpose of metal removal from soil is economic gain.2005 May, J. Scott Angle, Nicholas A. Linacre, “Cultivation on Naturally Enriched Areas”, in Ecological Risks of Novel Environmental Crop Technologies Using Phytoremediation as an Example (EPT...
    • The three metals, nickel, thallium and gold were reported as candidates for phytomining in 1999 owing to the relatively high price that each metal commands on international commodity markets.2013, Christopher W. N. Anderson, “Hyperaccumulation by Plants”, in Andrew J. Hunt, editor, Element Recovery and Sustainability (RSC Green Chemistry Series; no. 22), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: RSC...
    Synonyms:
    agromining

Synonyms of phytomining

  • agromining

Origin of phytomining

From phyto- (prefix meaning ‘derived from or pertaining to plants’) + mining.

Questions about phytomining

What does phytomining mean?
Phytomining means the planting and harvesting of vegetation that selectively concentrates specific metals from the environment into its tissues, for the purpose of commercial exploitation of the extracted metal.
What part of speech is phytomining?
Phytomining is a noun.
How do you pronounce phytomining?
Phytomining is pronounced /ˈfaɪtəʊˌmaɪnɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near phytomining in the dictionary

  1. phytometer
  2. phytometers
  3. phytometric
  4. phytometrics
  5. phytometry
  6. phytomining
  7. phytomolecule
  8. phytomolecules
  9. phytomonad
  10. phytomonads
  11. phytomonic acid

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