MEANING
The cultivation of plants without soil, using water containing dissolved nutrients.
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- hydroponics system
- hydroponics bay
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Hydroponics supplied the station with fresh greens.
A pump failure threatened the roots in the hydroponics bay.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Uncountable field or method noun; usually takes a singular verb. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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