- noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- characteristic of, pertaining to, or derived from living organisms: organic remains found in rocks.
- of or relating to an organ or the organs of an animal, plant, or fungus.
- of, relating to, or affecting living tissue: organic pathology.
- caused by neurochemical, neuroendocrinologic, structural, or other physical impairment or change: organic disorder.
- having an organization similar in its complexity to that of living things.
- characterized by the systematic arrangement of parts; organized; systematic: elements fitting together into a unified, organic whole.
- of or relating to the basic constitution or structure of a thing; constitutional; structural: The flaws in your writing are too organic to be easily remedied.
- developing in a manner analogous to the natural growth and evolution characteristic of living organisms; arising as a natural outgrowth.
- viewing or explaining something as having a growth and development analogous to that of living organisms: an organic theory of history.
- pertaining to, involving, or grown with fertilizers or pesticides of animal or vegetable origin, as distinguished from manufactured chemicals: organic farming; organic fruits.
- of or relating to the constitutional or essential law or laws of organizing the government of a state.
- noting or pertaining to any work of architecture regarded as analogous to plant or animal forms in having a structure and a plan that fulfill perfectly the functional requirements for the building and that form in themselves an intellectually lucid, integrated whole.
- of or relating to the shapes or forms in a work of art that are of irregular contour and seem to resemble or suggest forms found in nature.
- a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
- of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of living plants and animals
- of or relating to animal or plant constituents or products having a carbon basis
- of or relating to one or more organs of an animal or plant
- of, relating to, or belonging to the class of chemical compounds that are formed from carbon
- constitutional in the structure of something; fundamental; integral
- of or characterized by the coordination of integral parts; organized
- developing naturally
- of or relating to the essential constitutional laws regulating the government of a state
- of, relating to, or grown with the use of fertilizers or pesticides deriving from animal or vegetable matter, rather than from chemicals
- any substance, such as a fertilizer or pesticide, that is derived from animal or vegetable matter
- organic food collectively
