organic
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- adjective
- /ɔrˈɡænɪk/
- Leake discovered that she and her family can eat an organic diet consisting of vegetables grown without pesticides.
- organic food
- organic farming
- organic agriculture
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Watch on YouTubeTim, what is the one myth about organic food you'd love to dispel?
- Tim, what is the one myth about organic food you'd love to dispel?
- I've just released new organic cotton ones as well.
- So you get organic tofu, it is not GMO.
- And people go, oh, organic, that's just rich people.
- No frizz hair oil, organic sesame and lemongrass balancing oil.
- They had very strong family, good identity, tremendous support, maybe organic food, but no choices.
- And so This is why consuming organic, natural foods is so important.
Examples
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At Crystal Waters, we ate fresh, local, organic vegetables that made every alternative a culinary sacrifice.
Academic text (2008) -
- It's a list of places... ...between here and Colorado that sell organic health food.
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- We're trying to eat only organic food.
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It's simple, it's sweet, but it's organic, it's delicious and it's fresh.
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Make sure it's clean, organic, grass fed, wild, all important.
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We have simply organic white cheddar now.
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It's buying foods and supporting brands that are organic and or non-GMO.
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Only foods that are 95% organic can carry a "USDA Organic" seal.
Academic text (2015) -
Friends, tonight we have zucchini blossoms, fresh from the organic garden right here at Chez King.
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Try chewing on organic mints or a sprig of parsley.
Synonyms
Grown or made without artificial chemicals, often for food
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A chemical that contains carbon and usually hydrogen, often with oxygen or nitrogen
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Material from plants or animals that people add to soil to help plants grow
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A natural set of actions that happen inside living things, like breathing or digestion
- Formal
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A basic law like a constitution that sets the main rules and structure of a government
- Specialized
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Physical changes in an organ or part of the body cause a health problem
- Archaic
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A brain problem caused by injury or disease that harms thinking and memory
- Specialized
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A very thin screen or light that makes light when electricity flows through special plastic materials
- Specialized
Temporary state of confusion and disorientation caused by short-term brain damage from infection, injury or drugs
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A scientific idea that living things slowly change and share common ancestors
How Natural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Organic comes from the Greek root organ, which meant a living 'part' or tool, and from organikos meaning 'of living things'. So organic food and farming are thought of as coming from living soil and plants, grown without artificial chemicals.