Hyperaccumulator
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any plant that can accumulate large quantities of trace elements from its environment, and thus may be used in phytoremediation or phytomining.
"Hyperaccumulator species are able to accumulate higher metal concentrations in their shoots than surrounding nonaccumulator plants, even from soils containing nonphytotoxic background levels of metals [35-37]."
Example
More examples"Hyperaccumulator species are able to accumulate higher metal concentrations in their shoots than surrounding nonaccumulator plants, even from soils containing nonphytotoxic background levels of metals [35-37]."
Etymology
From hyper- + accumulator.
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