hydroponic

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
22
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˌhaɪdɹəˈpɒnɪk/
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/ˌhaɪdɹəˈpɒnɪk/ · /ˌhaɪdɹəˈpɑnɪk/ · /ˌhaɪdɹoʊˈpɑnɪk/

Definition of hydroponic

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  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.”
    “She had been offended because he had seen her every day for ten days, then when she’d finally obtained 50 grams of genetically enhanced hydroponic marijuana for him[…]”

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Etymology

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

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