organic
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Pronunciation:/ɔːˈganɪk/
adjective
- 1 relating to or derived from living matter:organic soils
- Chemistryrelating to or denoting compounds containing carbon (other than simple binary compounds and salts) and chiefly or ultimately of biological origin. Compare with inorganic
- 2 (of food or farming methods) produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial chemicals
- 3 Physiologyrelating to a bodily organ or organs
- Medicine(of a disease) affecting the structure of an organ
- 4 denoting or characterized by a harmonious relationship between the elements of a whole:the organic unity of the integral work of art
- characterized by gradual or natural development:the organic growth of community projects
noun
(usually organics)- 1 a food produced by organic farming
- 2 an organic chemical compound

Derivatives
organically
adverb

Origin:
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek organikos 'relating to an organ or instrument'
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