geoponics

[jee-uh-pon-iks]

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noun (used with a singular verb)

the art or science of agriculture.
gardening or farming in soil.

Compare hydroponics.

Origin of geoponics

First recorded in 1600–10; see origin at geoponic, -ics

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Related Words for geoponics

gardening, cultivation, culture, production, breeding, agriculture, grazing, ranching, landscaping, operating, threshing, growing, harvesting, feeding, homesteading, reaping, gleaning, tillage, agronomy, hydroponics

British Dictionary definitions for geoponics

geoponics

noun

(functioning as singular) the science of agriculture

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