geoponic

[ jee-uh-pon-ik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to tillage or agriculture; agricultural.

geoponic

/ ˌdʒiːəʊˈpɒnɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to agriculture, esp as a science
2. rural; rustic

Word History and Origins

Origin of geoponic¹

1600–10; < Greek geōponikós pertaining to husbandry, equivalent to geōpón ( os ) husbandman ( geō- geo- + -ponos, agentive derivative of pónos work, labor + -ikos -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of geoponic¹

C17: from Greek geōponikos concerning land cultivation, from geōponein to till the soil, from geo- + ponein to labour