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organic

  • adjective
  • /ɔːˈɡænɪk/

Pertaining to or derived from living organisms.

Other meanings

  1. Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.

  2. Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products.

Related words

  • orgo
  • polyorganic
  • organic agriculture
  • organic architecture
  • organic chemistry
  • anorganic
  • antiorganic
  • bioorganic
  • disorganic
  • electroorganic
  • enorganic
  • haloorganic

Example sentences

  • “She doesn't eat organic.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Latin "organicus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “organic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.