hyperaccumulate

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verb

To accumulate in large amounts.

“an angiosperm that hyperaccumulates heavy metals”

Scrabble 29

Meanings

verbhyperaccumulate (third-person singular simple present hyperaccumulates, present participle hyperaccumulating, simple past and past participle hyperaccumulated)

present singular third person hyperaccumulates · participle present hyperaccumulating · participle past hyperaccumulated · past hyperaccumulated

  1. transitivebiologyTo accumulate in large amounts.

    an angiosperm that hyperaccumulates heavy metals

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁mósder.?
  13. Latincumulus
  14. Latincumulō
  15. Latinaccumulō
  16. Latinaccumulātus
  17. Middle Englishaccumylaten
  18. Englishaccumulate
  19. Englishhyperaccumulate

From hyper- + accumulate.

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APA

hyperaccumulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperaccumulate

MLA

“hyperaccumulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperaccumulate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyperaccumulate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperaccumulate.

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