hydroponic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from hydroponics.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hydroponic
- (agriculture, horticulture) Of a plant; pertaining to or grown using hydroponics, a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water, without soil.
- Coordinate terms: aeroponic, geoponic, organoponic
- 1991, Will Self, The Quantity Theory of Insanity:
- 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.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 24:
- 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 […]
Translations[edit]
pertaining to or grown using hydroponics
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