hydroponic

[ hahy-druh-pon-ik ]

adjective

1. relating to hydroponics, the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in a liquid nutrient solution rather than in soil:

   Soil-grown seedlings were transferred to the hydroponic solution and photographed 21 days later to show growth.

Other Words From

• hy·dro·pon·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydroponic¹

First recorded in 1935–40; hydroponic(s) ( def ), by shortening

Example Sentences

Chives, herbs and leafy greens are grown in hydroponic systems that completely submerge plant roots in water without using soil.

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The plan is to build a network of one-acre “farms” composed of hydroponic greenhouses.

From The Daily Beast

You can have hydroponic gardens on an asteroid, but raising beef cattle, even on Ceres, was difficult.

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He wasn't a very good cook, but what could anyone do with the sludge from the harvest shelf of a hydroponic tank?

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Otherwise, what would he want with all that air-and-water and hydroponic and carniculture stuff?

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There would be hydroponic tanks in which plants would grow to purify its air and feed its crew.

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There were novelties—hydroponic fruit, for instance—and they'd gloomily stuffed themselves.

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