hydroponic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌhaɪdɹəˈpɑnɪk/ (General-American)
- /ˌhaɪdɹoʊˈpɑnɪk/ (General-American)
- /ˌhaɪdɹəˈpɒnɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Back-formation from hydroponics. By surface analysis, hydro- (“water”) + Ancient Greek πόνος (pónos, “work, labour”) + -ic.
Meanings
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Of a plant; pertaining to or grown using hydroponics, a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water, without soil.
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[…]
1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 24: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.
1991, Will Self, The Quantity Theory of Insanity:
Coordinates
organoponic · geoponic · aeroponic
Deriveds
hydroponicist · hydrochronic · hydroponically
Relateds
hydrozone · aquaponics · hydroponicist · hydroponicum · hydroponics · hydroponically
Translations (2)
ka ჰიდროპონიკური (pertaining to or grown using hydroponics) · fi hydroponinen (pertaining to or grown using hydroponics)