organic
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
organic/ɔːˈɡanɪk/
▶adjective
- 1 relating to or derived from living matter.
■ Chemistry relating to or denoting compounds containing carbon and chiefly or ultimately of biological origin.
Compare with inorganic.
- 2 Physiology relating to a bodily organ or organs.
■ Medicine (of a disease) affecting the structure of an organ.
- 3 (of food or farming) produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers or other artificial chemicals.
- 4 denoting a harmonious relationship between the elements of a whole.
■ characterized by natural development.
- 1 a food produced by organic farming.
- 2 an organic compound.
– derivatives
organically adverb.
organically adverb.
'organic' also found in these Oxford entries:
acetal
- acetobacter
- acrylic acid
- alcohol
- aldehyde
- alicyclic
- aliphatic
- alkaloid
- alpha-hydroxy acid
- amide
- amine
- amino acid
- amygdalin
- -an
- animal
- aromatic
- arsphenamine
- ash
- azine
- azoic
- azygous
- barbituric acid
- benzene
- benzodiazepine
- bio-
- biodynamics
- biogas
- biomass
- biosolids
- biphenyl
- bisphenol A
- Bitrex
- butyric acid
- cacodyl
- carbanion
- carbon
- carbon dating
- carbon dioxide
- carbonium ion
- carbonyl
- carboxyl
- catechin
- catechol
- caustic
- charcoal
- chelate
- chemosynthesis
- coal tar
- coenzyme
- compost
