<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.</li><li>characteristic of, pertaining to, or derived from living organisms: organic remains found in rocks.</li><li>of or relating to an organ or the organs of an animal, plant, or fungus.</li><li>of, relating to, or affecting living tissue: organic pathology.</li><li>caused by neurochemical, neuroendocrinologic, structural, or other physical impairment or change: organic disorder.</li><li>having an organization similar in its complexity to that of living things.</li><li>characterized by the systematic arrangement of parts; organized; systematic: elements fitting together into a unified, organic whole.</li><li>of or relating to the basic constitution or structure of a thing; constitutional; structural: The flaws in your writing are too organic to be easily remedied.</li><li>developing in a manner analogous to the natural growth and evolution characteristic of living organisms; arising as a natural outgrowth.</li><li>viewing or explaining something as having a growth and development analogous to that of living organisms: an organic theory of history.</li><li>pertaining to, involving, or grown with fertilizers or pesticides of animal or vegetable origin, as distinguished from manufactured chemicals: organic farming; organic fruits.</li><li>of or relating to the constitutional or essential law or laws of organizing the government of a state.</li><li>noting or pertaining to any work of architecture regarded as analogous to plant or animal forms in having a structure and a plan that fulfill perfectly the functional requirements for the building.</li><li>of or relating to the shapes or forms in a work of art that are of irregular contour and seem to resemble or suggest forms found in nature.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.</li></ul>