Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Cultivation of plants in nutrient solution rather than in soil.
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- noun the
cultivation ofplants in anutrient solution rather than in thesoil
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- noun a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It applies a technique called hydroponics, where plants are grown in nutrient rich solutions instead of soil.
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Many horse owners recall another hydroponics system marketed 20 or so years ago in compact units, in which many people found mould grew.
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By Dr S.M. Alam and M. A.Khan THE hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrients solution instead of soil.
WN.com - Articles related to Connecticut Farmer Experiments With Latest Greenhouse Technologies 2009
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Many of us still jump to conclusions when we hear "hydroponics" and New York Sun Works wants to change that.
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Many of us still jump to conclusions when we hear "hydroponics" and New York Sun Works wants to change that.
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Many of us still jump to conclusions when we hear "hydroponics" and New York Sun Works wants to change that.
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I'm starting to get sick of seeing the word 'hydroponics'.
yanxious Diary Entry yanxious 2007
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Burkey said he was pleased to report on new developments, such as hydroponics, that make it easier and less expensive for people to maintain vegetable farms.
tcpalm.com Stories 2010
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Burkey said he was pleased to report on new developments, such as hydroponics, that make it easier and less expensive for people to maintain vegetable farms.
tcpalm.com Stories 2010
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It's not necessarily hydroponics which is the problem but the farmer not using the right nutrients to compensate for the missing soil. to add some Digg pizzaz to your day.
Prolagus commented on the word hydroponics
Hydroponics, Ph.D., is an experimental agronomist at The Ponyland University at Paradise Estate (PUPE). He's having some trouble in finding summer interns - but it doesn't really matter, since it's always springtime in Ponyland.
September 11, 2008