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  1. 1. a. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. 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. Source: opted
  5. 5. a. 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. Source: opted
  6. 6. adj. class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/relating">relating or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/belonging">belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis Source: wordnet
  7. 7. adj. being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms Source: wordnet
  8. 8. adj. involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs Source: wordnet
  9. 9. adj. of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones Source: wordnet
  10. 10. adj. simple and healthful and close to nature Source: wordnet
  11. 11. adj. constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) Source: wordnet
  12. 12. n. a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter Source: wordnet

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