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organic

organic

201 3.2
Food grown without chemical pesticides and artificial additives
  • adjective
  • /ɔrˈɡænɪk/
translation icon : orgánico
  • Leake discovered that she and her family can eat an organic diet consisting of vegetables grown without pesticides.
  • organic food
  • organic farming
  • organic agriculture

Tim, what is the one myth about organic food you'd love to dispel?

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Examples

  • 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.

  • - We're trying to eat only organic food.

  • It's simple, it's sweet, but it's organic, it's delicious and it's fresh.

  • Make sure it's clean, organic, grass fed, wild, all important.

  • We have simply organic white cheddar now.

  • It's buying foods and supporting brands that are organic and or non-GMO.

  • 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.

  • Try chewing on organic mints or a sprig of parsley.

Synonyms

organical
vsorganic
  • Archaic
7.1

Grown or made without artificial chemicals, often for food

emphasizes natural origin and minimal processing of the final product

Antonyms

267 3.6

Made by people rather than by nature, often as a copy of something natural

synthetic
  • Specialized
6 5.3

A substance made by people instead of from natural sources

Compounds

organic compound
  • Specialized
7 3.7

A chemical that contains carbon and usually hydrogen, often with oxygen or nitrogen

organic chemistry
  • Specialized
5 3.7

The study of carbon compounds and how they react

Fruit grown without chemical pesticides or artificial fertilizers

Material from plants or animals that people add to soil to help plants grow

organic law
  • Formal
1 7.9

A basic law like a constitution that sets the main rules and structure of a government

A natural set of actions that happen inside living things, like breathing or digestion

organic disorder
  • Specialized
1 5.1

Physical changes in an organ or part of the body cause a health problem

The whole physical body of a living thing like a person or plant

organic evolution
  • Specialized
1 4.7

Living things change slowly over many years to form new species

Temporary state of confusion and disorientation caused by short-term brain damage from infection, injury or drugs

A brain problem caused by injury or disease that harms thinking and memory

A very thin screen or light that makes light when electricity flows through special plastic materials

4.8

A scientific idea that living things slowly change and share common ancestors

How Natural

natural
1.0
organic
201 3.2
conventional
175 2.8
processed
2.9
synthetic
  • Specialized
6 5.3

Surface Forms

organic positive

Morphology

organic = organ (opaque) = organ + ic

The agricultural sense ('organic' food) is a specialized extension (certified/natural production) not directly inferable from 'organ' + '-ic'.

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.