phytomining

== English == === Etymology === From phyto- (prefix meaning ‘derived from or pertaining to plants’) +‎ mining. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪtəʊˌmaɪnɪŋ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪtoʊˌmaɪnɪŋ/, [-ɾoʊ-] Hyphenation: phy‧to‧min‧ing === Noun === phytomining (uncountable) (biotechnology) The 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. Synonym: agromining ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === phytomining on Wikipedia.Wikipedia