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geoponic

[jee-uh-pon-ik]
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adjective
  1. of or relating to tillage or agriculture; agricultural.
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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
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British Dictionary definitions for geoponic

geoponic

adjective
  1. of or relating to agriculture, esp as a science
  2. rural; rustic
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Word Origin

C17: from Greek geōponikos concerning land cultivation, from geōponein to till the soil, from geo- + ponein to labour
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