The Collaborative International Dictionary
Geoponic
Geoponic \Ge`o*pon"ic\, Geoponical \Ge`o*pon"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?; ge`a, gh^, earth + ? toilsome, fr. ? labor: cf. F. g['e]oponique.] Pertaining to tillage of the earth, or agriculture.
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geoponic
a. Relating to tillage of the earth, or agriculture.
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Geoponic
The terms geoponic and geoponics refer to growing plants in a normal soil. This is in contrast to hydroponics where the plants are grown in water, or aeroponics where the plants are grown suspended in air.
The term comes from the Greek word for farming (γεωπονία).
Usage examples of "geoponic".
Butters, of a neighboring town, who was to make the prayer before the Exercises of the Exhibition, and two or three notabilities of Rockland, with geoponic eyes, and glabrous, bumpless foreheads.