Meanings
- uncountableThe cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution rather than in the soil.First known use 1937
Despite relying on water alone to grow plants, hydroponics systems require 90 percent less water than crops grown in soil, due to water recycling and the self-contained nature of the system. Because of the closed nature of the system, it is […]
2013, Nathaniel Cross, The Guide To Hydroponic Gardening For The Novice: How To Grow Great Vegetables Without Soil, Speedy Publishing LLC, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From hydro- (“water”) + -ponics, which is from geoponics.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 無土栽培 /无土栽培, 水耕栽培
- 無土栽培 /无土栽培 (wútǔ zāipéi)cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
- 水耕栽培 (shuǐgēng zāipéi)cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
- 水培 (shuǐpéi)cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Czech hydroponie
- hydroponiecultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Finnish vesiviljely
- vesiviljelycultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
French hydroponie
- hydroponiecultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
German Hydrokultur
- Hydrokulturcultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Greek υδροπονία
- υδροπονία (ydroponía)cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Icelandic vökvaræktun, vatnsrækt
- vökvaræktuncultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
- vatnsræktcultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Italian idroponica
- idroponicacultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Japanese 水耕栽培, 水栽培
- 水耕栽培 (suikō saibai)cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
- 水栽培 (mizusaibai)cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Portuguese hidroponia, hidropónica
- hidroponiacultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
- hidropónicacultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
- hidropônicacultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Russian гидропо́ника
- гидропо́ника (gidropónika)cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Swedish hydrokultur
- hydrokulturcultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Tagalog danumlinangan
- danumlinangancultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Vietnamese thủy canh
- thủy canhcultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hydroponics
Cite this entry
hydroponics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydroponics
“hydroponics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydroponics. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydroponics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydroponics.
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