DictionaryRoot: organon
Greek
organon
instrument; bodily organ
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adjective / noun
organic
or-GAN-ik/ɔːrˈɡænɪk/
Produced under farming standards that restrict synthetic chemicals.
Etymology
The “instrument” was also a bodily organ, linking organic with animal and plant life. The farming sense later specialized the word for production without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides.