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Hydroponic

//ˌhaɪdɹəˈpɒnɪk// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a plant; pertaining to or grown using hydroponics, a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water, without soil.

    "Sid was now living in a small commune in the Shetland Islands, where he and his fellow communards were dedicated to the growing of implausibly large hydroponic onions."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to aquiculture wordnet

Etymology

Back-formation from hydroponics. By surface analysis, hydro- (“water”) + Ancient Greek πόνος (pónos, “work, labour”) + -ic.

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