[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"organic"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=1] [*]relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis; "hydrocarbons are organic compounds" [ant: [URL="http://www.word.sc/inorganic"]inorganic[/URL]] [*]of or relating to or derived from living organisms; "organic soil" [*]being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms; "organic life"; "organic growth"; "organic remains found in rock" [ant: [URL="http://www.word.sc/inorganic"]inorganic[/URL]] [*]involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs; "an organic disease" [ant: [URL="http://www.word.sc/functional"]functional[/URL]] [*]of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones; "organic eggs"; "organic vegetables"; "organic chicken" [*]simple and healthful and close to nature; "an organic lifestyle" [*]constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/constituent(a)"]constituent(a)[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/constitutional"]constitutional[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/constitutive(a)"]constitutive(a)[/URL]] [/LIST] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/organic fertilizer"]organic fertilizer[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/organic fertiliser"]organic fertiliser[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/organic"]http://www.word.sc/organic[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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