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or·gan·ic  audio  (ôr-gnk) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Of, relating to, or derived from living organisms: organic matter.
  2. Of, relating to, or affecting a bodily organ: an organic disease.
    1. Of, marked by, or involving the use of fertilizers or pesticides that are strictly of animal or vegetable origin: organic vegetables; an organic farm.
    2. Raised or conducted without the use of drugs, hormones, or synthetic chemicals: organic chicken; organic cattle farming.
    3. Serving organic food: an organic restaurant.
    4. Simple, healthful, and close to nature: an organic lifestyle.
    1. Having properties associated with living organisms.
    2. Resembling a living organism in organization or development; interconnected: society as an organic whole.
  5. Constituting an integral part of a whole; fundamental.
  6. Law Denoting or relating to the fundamental or constitutional laws and precepts of a government or an organization.
  7. Chemistry Of or designating carbon compounds.
NOUN:
  1. A substance, especially a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
  2. Chemistry An organic compound.


OTHER FORMS:
or·gani·cal·ly(Adverb), organ·ici·ty  (ôrg-ns-t) KEY (Noun)


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