Usually means: Exploring nature for valuable resources.
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  1. bioprospecting: Merriam-Webster
  2. bioprospecting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bioprospecting: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Bioprospecting, bioprospecting: Wordnik
  5. bioprospecting: Wiktionary
  6. Bioprospecting: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. bioprospecting: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. bioprospecting: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. bioprospecting: Encyclopedia

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  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bioprospecting)

▸ noun:  (biology) The methodical search for novel pharmaceutical (and other) products from plants and microorganisms.

Similar:
bioprospection, biodiscovery, zoopharmacology, biopiracy, biopreparation, bioprocess, bioproduction, biopharming, bioresearch, bioproduct, more...

Opposite:
bioremediation, biodegradation, conservation, preservation

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Similar:
bioprospection, biodiscovery, zoopharmacology, biopiracy, biopreparation, bioprocess, bioproduction, biopharming, bioresearch, bioproduct, more...

Opposite:
bioremediation, biodegradation, conservation, preservation



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