HYDROPONICS

hydroponics, aquiculture, tank farming

(noun) a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hydroponics (uncountable)

The cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution rather than in the soil. [from 1937]

Coordinate terms

• aeroponics, aquaponics, geoponics, organoponics

Hyponyms

• hydroculture

Source: Wiktionary



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CUNT

(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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