| ADJECTIVE | all | organic | relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis |
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| all | organic | being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms | |
| all | organic | involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs | |
| all | organic | of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones | |
| all | organic | simple and healthful and close to nature | |
| all | organic, constituent, constitutional, constitutive | constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) | |
| NOUN | substance | organic, organic fertilizer, organic fertiliser | a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter |
| Sounds | aorgae'nihk | |
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| Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... | |
| Meaning | relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis. | |
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| Example | "hydrocarbons are organic compounds" | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Opposite | inorganic | relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis |
| Spanish | orgánica, orgánico | |
| Catalan | orgànic | |
| Adverbs | organically | involving carbon compounds |
| Meaning | Being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms. | |
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| Narrower | integrated, structured | resembling a living organism in organization or development |
| nonsynthetic | Involving or derived from living organisms | |
| Opposite | inorganic | lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms |
| Spanish | orgánico | |
| Catalan | orgànic | |
| Nouns | organic | a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter |
| organism | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | |
| Adverbs | organically | in an organic manner |
| Meaning | Involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs. | |
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| Example | "an organic disease" | |
| Category | pathology | The branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases |
| Opposite | functional | Involving or affecting function rather than physiology |
| Spanish | orgánico | |
| Catalan | orgànic | |
| Nouns | organ | a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function |
| organism | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | |
| Meaning | Of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones. | |
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| Category | health food | Any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health |
| Broader | wholesome | conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being |
| Spanish | ecológico, orgánico | |
| Meaning | simple and healthful and close to nature. | |
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| Example | "an organic lifestyle" | |
| Broader | healthful | conducive to good health of body or mind |
| Meaning | Constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup). | |
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| Synonyms | constituent, constitutional, constitutive | |
| Broader | essential | Basic and fundamental |
| Spanish | constitutivo, orgánico | |
| Catalan | constituent, constitutiu, orgànic | |
| Adverbs | organically | as an important constituent |
| Meaning | A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter. | |
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| Synonyms | organic fertilizer, organic fertiliser | |
| Narrower | bonemeal | fertilizer made of ground bones |
| fish meal | Ground dried fish used as fertilizer and as feed for domestic livestock | |
| guano | The excrement of sea birds | |
| manure | Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material | |
| neem cake | residue after oil is pressed from neem seeds | |
| Broader | fertilizer, fertiliser, plant food | Any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile |
| Adjectives | organic | being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms |
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