hydroponic

[ hahy-druh-pon-ik ]

adjective

relating to hydroponics, the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in a liquid nutrient solution rather than in soil: Soil-grown seedlings were transferred to the hydroponic solution and photographed 21 days later to show growth.

Origin of hydroponic

First recorded in 1935–40; hydroponic(s), by shortening

Chives, herbs and leafy greens are grown in hydroponic systems that completely submerge plant roots in water without using soil.
Vertical Indoor Farms Are Growing in the U.S. | Miranda Green | May 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The plan is to build a network of one-acre “farms” composed of hydroponic greenhouses.
Dylan Ratigan Unplugged: Ex-MSNBC Host Turns Hydroponic Entrepreneur | Daniel Gross | March 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
You can have hydroponic gardens on an asteroid, but raising beef cattle, even on Ceres, was difficult.
Thin Edge | Gordon Randall Garrett
He wasn't a very good cook, but what could anyone do with the sludge from the harvest shelf of a hydroponic tank?
Contamination Crew | Alan Edward Nourse
Otherwise, what would he want with all that air-and-water and hydroponic and carniculture stuff?
Space Viking | Henry Beam Piper

There would be hydroponic tanks in which plants would grow to purify its air and feed its crew.
Space Platform | Murray Leinster
There were novelties—hydroponic fruit, for instance—and they'd gloomily stuffed themselves.
The Pirates of Ersatz | Murray Leinster

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