ORGANIC


Meaning of ORGANIC in English

adj produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure.

2. organic ·adj instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.

3. organic ·adj forming a whole composed of organs. hence: of or pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic.

4. organic ·adj pertaining to, or denoting, any one of the large series of substances which, in nature or origin, are connected with vital processes, and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants;

— contrasted with inorganic.

5. organic ·adj of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. ·cf. inorganic.

Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Webster.