bi‧o‧pro‧spec‧ting /ˌbaɪəʊprəˈspektɪŋ $ ˌbaɪoʊˈprɑːspek-/ (also ˌbiodiversity proˈspecting / $ ˌ...... ˈ.../) noun [uncountable]
the scientific study of plants and other living things found in nature, such as bacteria, in order to discover new drugs that can be used as medicines
—bioprospect verb [intransitive]
—bioprospector noun [countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲