Phytomining

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounThe planting and harvesting of vegetation that selectively concentrates specific metals from the environment into their tissues, for the purpose of commercial exploitation of the extracted metal.

Synonyms

phytoremediation phytotechnology biometallurgy phytoaccumulation hyperaccumulator biopharming biohydrometallurgy phytostimulation biorecovery bioprospecting phytoforensics phytometrics

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