Meanings
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adj
Grown or produced without artificial chemicals, fertilizers, or pesticides.
They buy organic vegetables from the local farm.
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2
adj
Relating to or coming from living things.
The soil was rich in organic matter.
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adj
In chemistry, relating to compounds that contain carbon.
Students studied organic compounds such as hydrocarbons.
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adj
Developing in a natural, gradual way rather than being forced.
The friendship grew in an organic way over many years.
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Word family
Forms
organicallyorganics
Derived forms
anorganicantiorganicbioorganicdisorganicelectroorganicenorganichaloorganicheterorganichomorganichyperorganicinterorganicintraorganic
Etymology
From Middle English organic, organik, from Old French organique, from Latin organicus.
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