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Meaning of "hyperaccumulator" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPERACCUMULATOR

hyperaccumulator  [ˌhaɪpərəˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPERACCUMULATOR

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Hyperaccumulator is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HYPERACCUMULATOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hyperaccumulator

A hyperaccumulator is a plant capable of growing in soils with very high concentrations of metals, absorbing these metals through their roots, and concentrating extremely high levels of metals in their tissues. The metals are concentrated at levels that are toxic to closely related species not adapted to growing on the metalliferous soils. Compared to non-hyperaccumulating species, hyperaccumulator roots extract the metal from the soil at a higher rate, transfer it more quickly to their shoots, and store large amounts in leaves and roots. The ability to hyperaccumulate toxic metals compared to related species has been shown to be due to differential gene expression and regulation of the same genes in both plants. Over 500 species of flowering plants have been identified as having the ability to hyperaccumulate metals in their tissues. Hyperaccumulating plants hold interest for their ability to extract metals from the soils of contaminated sites to return the ecosystem to a less toxic state. The plants also hold potential to be used to mine metals from soils with very high concentrations by growing the plants then harvesting them for the metals in their tissues.

Definition of hyperaccumulator in the English dictionary

The definition of hyperaccumulator in the dictionary is a plant that absorbs toxins, such as heavy metals, to a greater concentration than that in the soil in which it is growing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPERACCUMULATOR


accumulator
əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪtə
ambulator
ˈæmbjʊˌleɪtə
articulator
ɑːˈtɪkjʊˌleɪtə
calculator
ˈkælkjʊˌleɪtə
circulator
ˈsɜːkjʊˌleɪtə
coagulator
kəʊˈæɡjʊˌleɪtə
demodulator
diːˈmɒdjʊˌleɪtə
ejaculator
ɪˈdʒækjʊˌleɪtə
formulator
ˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪtə
granulator
ˈɡrænjʊˌleɪtə
insulator
ˈɪnsjʊˌleɪtə
modulator
ˈmɒdjʊˌleɪtə
perambulator
pəˈræmbjʊˌleɪtə
regulator
ˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪtə
simulator
ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪtə
speculator
ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪtə
stimulator
ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪtə
stridulator
ˈstrɪdjʊˌleɪtə
tabulator
ˈtæbjʊˌleɪtə
undulator
ˈʌndjʊˌleɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPERACCUMULATOR

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hyperacidity
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hyperaesthesia
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hyperalert
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WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPERACCUMULATOR

administrator
annihilator
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Synonyms and antonyms of hyperaccumulator in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hyperaccumulator» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPERACCUMULATOR

Find out the translation of hyperaccumulator to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hyperaccumulator from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hyperaccumulator» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

超富集植物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hiperacumulador
570 millions of speakers

English

hyperaccumulator
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hyperaccumulator
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hyperaccumulator
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hyperaccumulator
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hiperacumuladora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hyperaccumulator
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Translator English - French

hyperaccumulateur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hyperaccumulator
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hyperakkumulator
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hyperaccumulator
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hyperaccumulator
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hyperaccumulator
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lũy quá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hyperaccumulator
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हायपरकायम्युलेटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

toplayıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

iperaccumulatrici
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hyperaccumulator
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hyperaccumulator
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hyperaccumulator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερσυσσωρευτή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hyperaccumulator
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hyperaccumulator
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hyperaccumulator
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hyperaccumulator

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPERACCUMULATOR»

The term «hyperaccumulator» is normally little used and occupies the 142.635 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPERACCUMULATOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hyperaccumulator

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPERACCUMULATOR»

Discover the use of hyperaccumulator in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hyperaccumulator and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Evolutionary Ecology of the Nickel Hyperaccumulator Thlaspi ...
Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 21, 1-106. Huitson SB and Macnair MR 2003. Does zinc protect the zinc hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri from herbivory by snails? New Phytologist 159, 453-459. Ingle RA, Smith JAC and Sweetlove LJ 2005.
Martha Ivonne Palomino Tovar, 2008
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Wastewater Engineering: Advanced Wastewater Treatment Systems:
(Ashraf et al., 2011) Pteris vittata L. As In pH:5.21 fern is hyperaccumilator hydroponic experiment (Tu et al., 2004) Nasturtium officials diplazium Esculentum As These are not Hyperaccumulator Sediment soil water (Falinski et al., 2014) ...
Hamidi Abdul Aziz, Amin Mojiri, 2014
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Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils
Hyperaccumulator species are able to accumulate higher metal concentrations in their shoots than surrounding nonaccumulator plants, even from soils containing nonphytotoxic background levels of metals [35-37]. One possible mechanism to ...
Donald L. Wise, 2000
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Industrial Crops and Uses
Hyperaccumulator plants Hyperaccumulation refers to the use of plants naturally able to accumulate large amounts of metals in their shoots. According to McGrath et al. (2002), hyperaccumulator plants are those that: ○ accumulate 100- to ...
Bharat P. Singh, 2010
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Soil Heavy Metals
New Phytol 123:99–105 Shen ZG, Zhao FJ, McGrath SP (1997) Uptake and transport of zinc in the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens and the nonhyperaccumulator Thlaspi ochroleucum. Plant Cell Environ 20:898–906 Smith S, Read D ...
Irena Sherameti, Ajit Varma, 2010
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Fungi as Bioremediators
Two related ZIP genes have been cloned from Ni hyperaccumulator T. japonicum , TjZNTI and TjZNTZ. Expressing either TjZNTI or TjZNTZ in yeast shows increased resistance to Ni2+ (Mizuno et al. 2005), highlighting a potential role for these ...
Ebrahim Mohammadi Goltapeh, Younes Rezaee Danesh, Ajit Varma, 2013
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Root Physiology: from Gene to Function
Hyperaccumulation strategies are less common than exclusion strategies, and generally, hyperaccumulator plants are restricted to metalliferrous soils ( Kruckeberg and Kruckeberg. 1989). with the notable exception of plants with arsenic ...
Hans Lambers, Timothy D. Colmer, 2005
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Remediation Engineering: Design Concepts
These plants are called hyperaccumulator plants and they exhibit the ability to tolerate high concentrations of toxic metals in above-ground plant tissues; these species contain toxic element levels in the leaf and stalk biomass (LSB ) of about 1 ...
Suthan S. Suthersan, 1996
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Serpentine: The Evolution and Ecology of a Model System
But some studies have compared whole-body Ni levels of floral visitors collected from hyperaccumulator versus non-hyperaccumulator flowers. For example, Boyd et al. (2006) compared Ni levels of honeybees (Apis mellifera) collected from ...
Susan Harrison, Nishanta Rajakaruna, 2011
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Metal Transport in the Hyperaccumulator Plant Thlaspi ...
In this thesis, various aspects on heavy metal accumulation by the hyperaccumulator plant Thlaspi caerulescens have been investigated.
Barbara Leitenmaier, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYPERACCUMULATOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hyperaccumulator is used in the context of the following news items.
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There's Lead in Your Farm, But Here's How to Get It Out
If your garden is saturated with arsenic, there are famous hyperaccumulator ferns which evolved in arsenic-rich soils and which take up a ... «io9, Jul 15»
2
New plant species an added attraction at Mt Kinabalu
KUCHING: A new plant species called nickel hyperaccumulator has been discovered at Kinabalu Park that could well be another attraction for ... «The Borneo Post, Jun 15»
3
Comment: To grow food in the city, heal the soil first
... are the same ones we use as food gardeners: hot compost and compost tea, mycorhizal fungi and hyperaccumulator plants, to name a few. «Times Colonist, Jun 15»
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Volunteers battle yellow-tuft alyssum in southern Oregon
CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. (AP) — More than 20 years ago, it was touted as a miracle plant — a "hyperaccumulator" able to pull heavy metals, ... «Statesman Journal, May 15»
5
​First ever diamond indicator plant discovered
... as lead and nickel indicators due to their hyperaccumulator ability, according to The Lead Group and to research carried out by CQ University ... «Australian Mining, May 15»
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Ferns as a Natural Water Filter
The species is a hyperaccumulator for arsenic (As), the first to be discovered, making it a perfect choice for the phytoremediation of water and ... «Jakarta Globe, Mar 15»
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​New nickel accumulating plants uncovered
... such as Stackhouse tyronii and Hybanthus floribundus can also be used as lead and nickel indicators due to their hyperaccumulator ability, ... «Australian Mining, Jan 15»
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Plant biotechnology could be used to extract minerals
University of Queensland Sustainable Minerals Institute researcher, Dr Antony van der Ent said “hyperaccumulator” plants could be a ... «Mining Innovation, Nov 14»
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Mel Chin's Art Beckons the Changers of Cities
Chin's mandala-like planting of Thlaspi, a hyperaccumulator plant, inside of a concertina-wire-topped chain-link enclosure aestheticizes a ... «Next City, Oct 14»
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Future miners could harvest metal from plants
“A mature nickel hyperaccumulator tree can contain up to five kg of nickel metal when grown in the right conditions,” Dr van der Ent said. «UQ News, Sep 14»

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