Or-găn'ic or Or-găn'ic-al, a.
a. [Fr. organique, Pr. organic, Sp. & It. organico, Lat. organicus, Gr. ὀργανικός.]
- Pertaining to an organ or its functions; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of the human body or of plants.
- Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure.
- Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or art to a certain destined function or end. “Those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously.” Milton.
Organic bodies, such as possess organs, on the action of which depend their growth and perfection, as animals and plants. — Organic substances, substances which proceed from, or constitute, organic bodies. — Organic remains, the remains of animals or vegetables perished or imbedded in stone. — Organical description of a curve (Geom.), the description of a curve on a plane, by means of instruments. Brande.