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What does the word organic mean?

    Part of speech: adverb

  • Organically.

    • Part of speech: adjective

  • Pertaining to organs or living organisms, as animals and plants.

    • Part of speech: adjective

  • Organized; systematized. organical.

Usage examples for organic

  1. I.- Under this division we have to consider: 1. The organic matters as direct food to plants. – Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Samuel William Johnson
  2. In one case the water was free from colour and contained very little organic matter. – Chlorination of Water by Joseph Race
  3. A mountain residence is not desirable for thin, nervous people or such as are afflicted with any organic disease. – Arizona Sketches by Joseph A. Munk