phytomining

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪtəʊˌmaɪnɪŋ/
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• General-American: /ˈfaɪtoʊˌmaɪnɪŋ/
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• General-American: [-ɾoʊ-]
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From phyto- (prefix meaning ‘derived from or pertaining to plants’) + mining.

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: fytolouhinta — 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
• French: phytominage — 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
• Portuguese: fitomineração — 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
• Portuguese: agromineração — 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
• Spanish: fitominería — 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