selenophilic
English edit
Etymology edit
selenophile + -ic
Adjective edit
selenophilic (comparative more selenophilic, superlative most selenophilic)
- (botany, chemistry) Tending to absorb selenium.
- 1998 March 23, Robert Alan Lewis, Lewis' Dictionary of Toxicology, CRC-Press, →ISBN, page 931:
- In some cases, soil concentrations are such that selenophilic plants can accumulate selenium to toxic concentrations.
- 2015 October 26, Molecular Rearrangements in Organic Synthesis, Wiley, →ISBN, page 614:
- Nevertheless, the addition of a selenophilic trap is often beneficial as highlighted in a number of the examples in this section.