hydroponic
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7.5
- adjective
- /ˌhaɪdrəˈpoʊnɪk/
- Specialized
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hidropónico
- The vermiculite works well in numerous hydroponic systems.
- hydroponic system
- hydroponic solution
- hydroponic reservoir
And now they're doing hydroponic basil and peppermint.
- And now they're doing hydroponic basil and peppermint.
- Someone wrote graphics showed potted plants and not a hydroponic system.
Examples
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Many farmers are now using hydroponic systems to increase their crop yields without soil.
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Hydroponic and other artificial ecosystems will become more widely implemented as the population increases.
Academic text (2009) -
Today, many hydroponic solution products can be purchased from scientific supply houses and via the Internet.
Academic text (2001) -
I was really interested particularly in hydroponic grow labs.
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The unit in the center is used for hydroponic gardens, growing of food without soil.
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Deep in the Citadel, high up in the hydroponic gardens, there is a tree unlike any other.
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Why not offer to set up an experimental hydroponic tomato installation for him and share the profits?
Fiction book (1997) -
We can't feed the entire urban population with hydroponic installations.
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Hydroponics activities for students should include an element of research where the students investigate hydroponic systems currently in use.
Academic text (2009) -
The cash crops grew in two hydroponic greenhouses, buried in the earth for insulation.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
Does not use soil to grow plants
Surface Forms
Morphology
hydroponic = hydro + pon + ic
Although the word visibly contains the productive combining form hydro- and the adjective suffix -ic, the core pon element is not a recognizable English base, so the meaning is not recoverable for most learners.
Etymology
Hydroponic comes from Greek parts hydro- meaning 'water' and ponos meaning 'work', so a helpful way to remember it is 'working with water'. That's why hydroponic plants are grown in water with nutrients rather than in soil.