selenophilic

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1. biologyTending to absorb selenium.

   In some cases, soil concentrations are such that selenophilic plants can accumulate selenium to toxic concentrations.

   1998 March 23, Robert Alan Lewis, Lewis' Dictionary of Toxicology, CRC-Press, →ISBN, page 931

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   Nevertheless, the addition of a selenophilic trap is often beneficial as highlighted in a number of the examples in this section.

   2015 October 26, Molecular Rearrangements in Organic Synthesis, Wiley, →ISBN, page 614