Adjective > Organic

1 a of food : grown or made without the use of artificial chemicals

organic vegetables

Is this broccoli certified organic? (=has the government said that it was grown without the use of artificial chemicals?)

1 b : not using artificial chemicals

organic farming/methods

She’s an organic gardener.

2 : of, relating to, or obtained from living things

organic materials/matter/substances

organic fertilizers

3 a (more organic; most organic) : having different parts that work together well

He thinks of the city not as a collection of different neighborhoods but as an organic whole.

3 b (more organic; most organic) : forming an important part of something

This neighborhood is an organic part of the city.

4 (more organic; most organic) : happening or developing in a slow and natural way

The company has gone through a period of steady organic growth in recent years.

5 (more organic; most organic) somewhat formal : having a curving form similar to the shapes found in nature

I like the organic lines of his architecture.

His architecture is very organic.

6 medical : of or relating to the organs of the body

an organic disease

organic illness

organically adverb

This farm specializes in organically grown food.

Her opinions grew organically from her observations.