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.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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