organoponics

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noun

A system of urban agriculture using organic gardens, often low-level concrete walls filled with organic matter and soil, with lines of drip irrigation laid on the surface of the growing media.

OriginSpanish organopónico →
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Meanings

nounorganoponics (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA system of urban agriculture using organic gardens, often low-level concrete walls filled with organic matter and soil, with lines of drip irrigation laid on the surface of the growing media.

Origin

  1. Spanishorganopónico“Cuban system of communal agriculture”
  2. Englishorganoponics

From Spanish organopónico (“Cuban system of communal agriculture”). Analyzable as a blend of organic + -ponics or organo- + -ponics.

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APA

organoponics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organoponics

MLA

“organoponics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organoponics. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “organoponics,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organoponics.

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