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phytotechnology

phytotechnology noun: any biotechnology that uses plants.

Noun

phytotechnology (plural phytotechnologies)

  1. Any biotechnology that uses plants.
    • Capitalizing on the low costs and other advantages of environmental phytotechnologies, many companies, individuals and government agencies are now using plants to restore and protect the environment.2005, National Agricultural Biotechnology Council (U.S.), Agricultural Biotechnology, page 98
    • A variety of federal environmental laws govern the use of phytotechnology for remediation.2006, Harry LeVine, Genetic Engineering: A Reference Handbook, page 33

Forms of phytotechnology

pluralphytotechnologies

Origin of phytotechnology

From phyto- + technology.

Questions about phytotechnology

What does phytotechnology mean?
Phytotechnology means any biotechnology that uses plants.
What part of speech is phytotechnology?
Phytotechnology is a noun.
What is the plural of phytotechnology?
The plural of phytotechnology is phytotechnologies.

Words near phytotechnology in the dictionary

  1. phytosymbiont
  2. phytosymbionts
  3. phytosynthesis
  4. phytotaxonomic
  5. phytotechnologies
  6. phytotechnology
  7. phytotelm
  8. phytotelma
  9. phytotelmata
  10. phytotelmatic
  11. phytotelmic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phytotechnology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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