hydroponic

Etymology

Back-formation from hydroponics.

adj

  1. (agriculture, horticulture) Of a plant; pertaining to or grown using hydroponics, a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water, without soil.
    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

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