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biofortification en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English fortification English biofortification From bio- + fortification.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The process of increasing the nutritional content of the edible portion of plant foods to levels that consistently exceed the average content observed.

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