English

Adjective

hydroponic

1. (Horticulture) of a plant; a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water, without soil.

   • 1991: Sid was now living in a small commune in the Shetland Islands, where he and his fellow communards were dedicated to the growing of implausibly large hydroponic onions. — Will Self, The Quantity Theory of Insanity