organic

Universal Words adjective [usuallybeforenoun] 1 (of food, farming methods, etc.) produced or practised without using artificial chemicals: organic cheese / vegetables / wine * an organic farmer / gardener * organic farming / horticulture 2 produced by or from living things: Improve the soil by adding organic matter. * organic compounds OPPINORGANIC 3 (technical) connected with the organs of the body: organic disease 4 (formal) consisting of different parts that are all connected to each other: the view of society as an organic whole 5 (formal) happening in a slow and natural way, rather than suddenly: the organic growth of foreign markets organically adverb: organically grown fruit * The cardboard disintegrates organically. * Doctors could find nothing organically wrong with her. * The organization should be allowed to develop organically.