biofortification

noun

The process of increasing the nutritional content of the edible portion of plant foods to levels that consistently exceed the average content observed.

OriginEnglish fortification ← Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-) ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- →
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Meanings

nounbiofortification (usually uncountable, plural biofortifications)

plural biofortifications

  1. uncountableusuallyThe process of increasing the nutritional content of the edible portion of plant foods to levels that consistently exceed the average content observed.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Englishfortification
  6. Englishbiofortification

From bio- + fortification.

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