aeroculture

aeroculture
/air"euh kul'cheuhr/, n. Agric.
a method of growing plants without soil by suspending them above sprays that constantly moisten the roots with water and nutrients. Cf. geoponics, hydroponics.
[AERO- + (AGRI)CULTURE]

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  • aeroculture — /air euh kul cheuhr/, n. Agric. a method of growing plants without soil by suspending them above sprays that constantly moisten the roots with water and nutrients. Cf. geoponics, hydroponics. [AERO + (AGRI)CULTURE] …   Useful english dictionary

  • aeroponics — /air euh pon iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) aeroculture. [AERO + (GEO)PONICS, on the model of HYDROPONICS] * * * …   Universalium

  • hydroponics — hydroponic, adj. hydroponically, adv. hydroponist /huy drop euh nist/, hydroponicist, n. /huy dreuh pon iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless… …   Universalium

  • agriculture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Science of cultivating Nouns 1. (art ofgrowing) agriculture, cultivation, husbandry, farming, tillage, culture; aeroculture, aeroponics, agrobiology, agrology, agronomy, agrostology; gardening,… …   English dictionary for students

  • aeroponics — /air euh pon iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) aeroculture. [AERO + (GEO)PONICS, on the model of HYDROPONICS] …   Useful english dictionary

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