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   Or·gan·ic

   /ôrˈɡanik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or derived from living matter: "organic soils" Similar livingliveanimatebiologicalnaturaltechnical:bioticOpposite inorganic
   • ▪ relating to or denoting compounds containing carbon (other than simple binary compounds and salts) and chiefly or ultimately of biological origin.
   • 2. (of food or farming methods) produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial agents: "organic farming" Similar pesticide-freeadditive-freechemical-freenonchemicalnatural
   • 3. relating to a bodily organ or organs.
   • ▪ (of a disease) affecting the structure of an organ.
   • 4. denoting a relation between elements of something such that they fit together harmoniously as necessary parts of a whole: "the organic unity of the integral work of art" Similar structuredorganizedcoherentintegratedcoordinatedorderedsystematicsystematizedmethodicalorderlyconsistentharmoniousmethodizedOpposite disparate
   • ▪ characterized by continuous or natural development: "companies expand as much by acquisition as by organic growth"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Latin from Greek organikos ‘relating to an organ or instrument’.

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