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Definition of organic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

organic

adjective
 
/ɔːˈɡænɪk/
 
/ɔːrˈɡænɪk/
[usually before noun]
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  1. (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.
    Topics Farmingb2, Cooking and eatingb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • go
    adverb
    • completely
    • fully
    • totally
    phrases
    • buy organic
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  2. produced by or from living things
    • Improve the soil by adding organic matter.
    opposite inorganicTopics Biologyc1
  3. (chemistry) relating to chemical compounds that contain carbon and mainly or ultimately come from living things
    • organic compounds
    opposite inorganic (2)Topics Physics and chemistryc1
  4. (specialist) connected with the organs of the body
    • organic disease
  5. (formal) consisting of different parts that are all connected to each other
    • the view of society as an organic whole
  6. (formal) happening in a slow and natural way, rather than suddenly
    • the organic growth of overseas markets
  7. Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek organikos ‘relating to an organ or instrument’.
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