phytomining

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Meaning

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

Similar words

phytoremediation phytotechnology biometallurgy phytoaccumulation hyperaccumulator biopharming biohydrometallurgy phytostimulation biorecovery bioprospecting