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To accumulate in large amounts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
- an angiosperm that hyperaccumulates heavy metals
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh1- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh1mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Latin accumulātusbor. Middle English accumylaten English accumulate English hyperaccumulate From hyper- + accumulate.