hydroponics
Syllables: hy·dro·pon·ics/ˌhaɪdɹə(ʊ)ˈpɒnɪks/US/ˌhaɪdɹəˈpɑnɪks/
hydroponics noun: the cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution rather than in the soil.
Noun
hydroponics (uncountable)
- The cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution rather than in the soil.
- Despite relying on water alone to grow plants, hydroponics systems require 90 percent less water than crops grown in soil, due to water recycling and the self-contained nature of the system. Because of the closed nature of the system, it is […]2013, Nathaniel Cross, The Guide To Hydroponic Gardening For The Novice: How To Grow Great Vegetables Without Soil, Speedy Publishing LLC, →ISBN
hydroponics meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Tagalog
hydroponics in Tamil
- நீருழல், நீர் வேளாண்மை, மண்ணில்லா தாவர வளர்ப்பு
hydroponics in Bengali
- হাইড্রোপনিক্স, মাটিবিহীন চাষাবাদ
hydroponics in Malayalam
- cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
- ഹൈഡ്രോപോണിക്സ് haiḍrōpōṇiksŭ
hydroponics in Tagalog
- cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution
- danumlinangan
More languagesFewer languages
- hydroponics in Vietnamese
- thủy canh
Origin of hydroponics
From hydro- (“water”) + -ponics, which is from geoponics.
Words formed from hydroponics
- aquaponics
- hydroponic
- hydroponically
- hydroponicist
- hydroponicum
- hydrozone
Words that rhyme with hydroponics
Questions about hydroponics
- What does hydroponics mean?
- Hydroponics means the cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution rather than in the soil.
- What is hydroponics in Tamil?
- Hydroponics in Tamil is நீருழல், நீர் வேளாண்மை, மண்ணில்லா தாவர வளர்ப்பு. See Hydroponics meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hydroponics?
- Hydroponics is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hydroponics?
- Hydroponics is pronounced /ˌhaɪdɹə(ʊ)ˈpɒnɪks/ (UK).
Words near hydroponics in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydroponics (page history and authors); hydroponics (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hydroponics (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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