verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To produce to an excessive degree; to produce too much of. transitive

   "This strain never turned red, indicating that β carotene was not hyperproduced by this strain."

Example

More examples

"This strain never turned red, indicating that β carotene was not hyperproduced by this strain."

Etymology

From hyper- + produce.

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