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Organic   /ɔrgˈænɪk/   Listen
Organic

adjective
1.
Relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis.  Antonym: inorganic.
2.
Being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms.  "Organic growth" , "Organic remains found in rock"  Antonym: inorganic.
3.
Involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs.  Antonym: functional.
4.
Of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones.  "Organic vegetables" , "Organic chicken"
5.
Simple and healthful and close to nature.
6.
Constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup).  Synonyms: constituent, constitutional, constitutive.
noun
1.
A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter.  Synonyms: organic fertiliser, organic fertilizer.



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"Organic" Quotes from Famous Books



... theistic arguments are still based on his assumptions. From the humanistic point of view, and the theist bases his entire arguments from design in nature from the humanistic view, an understanding of the merciless character of organic evolution shows clearly that the forces at work in nature are full of waste, there are numerous plans that are futile, there is an unrelenting preying of one form of life upon the other, and it is not always ...
— The Necessity of Atheism • Dr. D.M. Brooks
... Krishna's character, it is inevitable that the resulting account should be slightly biased in one direction or the other. The Bhagavata Purana records both phases in careful detail blending them into a single organic whole. But there can be little doubt that its Brahman authors were in the main more favourably inclined towards the hero prince than towards the cowherd lover. There is a tendency for the older Krishna to disparage the younger. Krishna the prince's subsequent meetings with the cowgirls ...
— The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry • W. G. Archer
... Organic Pollutants: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... circumstances) of Lord Wellesley's verses, is one to which his own English interpretation of it has done less than justice. It is a Latin epitaph on the daughter (an only child) of Lord and Lady Brougham. She died, and (as was generally known at the time) of an organic affection disturbing the action of the heart, at the early age of eighteen. And the peculiar interest of the case lies in the suppression by this pious daughter (so far as it was possible) of her own bodily anguish, in order to beguile the mental anguish of her parents. ...
— The Notebook of an English Opium-Eater • Thomas de Quincey
... have to be careful. Dr. Anderson insists on my being careful, Mr. Mallory. (Confidentially) Nothing organic, you understand. Both my husband and I—Melisande has an ...
— Second Plays • A. A. Milne


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