- (of food, farming methods, etc.) produced or practised without using artificial chemicals
- organic cheese/vegetables/wine, etc.
- an organic farmer/gardener
- organic farming/horticulture
- The farm went fully organic 20 years ago.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- go
- …
- completely
- fully
- totally
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- buy organic
- produced by or from living things
- Improve the soil by adding organic matter.
- (chemistry) relating to chemical compounds that contain carbon and mainly or ultimately come from living things
- organic compounds
- (specialist) connected with the organs of the body
- organic disease
- (formal) consisting of different parts that are all connected to each other
- the view of society as an organic whole
- (formal) happening in a slow and natural way, rather than suddenly
- the organic growth of overseas markets
Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek organikos ‘relating to an organ or instrument’.
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