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phytoremediate

phytoremediate verb: to carry out phytoremediation.

Verb

phytoremediate (third-person singular simple present phytoremediates, present participle phytoremediating, simple past and past participle phytoremediated)

  1. To carry out phytoremediation.

Forms of phytoremediate

third-person singular presentphytoremediates
present participlephytoremediating
past participlephytoremediated
pastphytoremediated

Origin of phytoremediate

Probably a back-formation from phytoremediation; by surface analysis, phyto- + remediate.

Questions about phytoremediate

What does phytoremediate mean?
Phytoremediate means to carry out phytoremediation.
What part of speech is phytoremediate?
Phytoremediate is a verb.
What is the past tense of phytoremediate?
The past tense of phytoremediate is phytoremediated.

Words near phytoremediate in the dictionary

  1. phytoptocecidia
  2. phytoptocecidium
  3. phytoregulator
  4. phytoregulators
  5. phytoremedial
  6. phytoremediate
  7. phytoremediated
  8. phytoremediating
  9. phytoremediation
  10. phytoremediations
  11. phytoremediative

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