# phytomining

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfaɪtəʊˌmaɪnɪŋ/

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Etymology
From phyto- (prefix meaning ‘derived from or pertaining to plants’) + mining.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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