geoponic

American  

[jee-uh-pon-ik] / ˌdʒi əˈpɒn ɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to tillage or agriculture; agricultural.

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geoponic British  

/ ˌdʒiːəʊˈpɒnɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to agriculture, esp as a science

2. rural; rustic

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Etymology

Origin of geoponic

1600–10; < Greek geōponikós pertaining to husbandry, equivalent to geōpón ( os ) husbandman ( geō- geo- + -ponos, agentive derivative of pónos work, labor + -ikos -ic

Example Sentences

His utopian version of geoponic geometry eventually evolved into a raised, open-bottom bed with a lumber frame.

From New York Times

Geoponic, -al, jē-o-pon′ik, -al, adj. pertaining to tilling the earth or to agriculture.—n.pl.

From Project Gutenberg

In discussing the moral aspects of the matter, this Geoponic author enumerates other things which will intoxicate as well as wine,—even some waters; also the wine made from barley and wheat, which barbarians drink.

From Project Gutenberg

Associated words: agronomy, agronomist, agronomics, agronomic, agricultre, agricultral, agriculturist, georgics, geoponics, escheat, arable, inarable, agrarian, agrarianism, agrarianize, topography, tilth, terrain, terrene, till, geoscopy, geoponic. land, v. disembark, debark; capture. landing, n. disembarkation, debarkation; wharf, dock, quay; capture. landlord, n. host, hotel-keeper, inn-keeper, Boniface; owner, proprietor.

From Project Gutenberg

The other members of the Committee were the Reverend Mr. Butters, of a neighboring town, who was to make the prayer before the Exercises of the Exhibition, and two or three notabilities of Rockiand, with geoponic eyes, and glabrous, bumpless foreheads.

From Project Gutenberg