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hydroponics

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Definition of hydroponics

as in aquaculture

technical a method of growing plants in water rather than in soil

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Recent Examples of hydroponics Housing and outreach manager Amanda Clark said the center plans to use some of the produce harvested from its hydroponics crops in the fridges throughout the summer. — April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 24 Mar. 2026 Her community focus also extends to Best Academy, where her team designed and installed the electrical systems for a hydroponics lab that powers grow lights and climate controls—bringing fresh produce to a neighborhood considered a food desert. — Nakell Williams, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026 The LetPot Max hydroponics growing system features flexible trays that can be used as a 21-pod or two-pod system for growing both small and large plants. — Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025

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Noun

In Vietnam, planting of new mangroves has helped, but that progress has been undermined by losses due to aquaculture, land conversion and coastal erosion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
They were brought in to control nuisance algae in wastewater-treatment plants and aquaculture ponds, as well as for human consumption.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of aquaculture

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Supporters said the amendment would help support struggling agriculture businesses, pointing to food security as a national security issue.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
In a sign of the campaign's competitiveness, many of Iowa's prominent industry groups in agriculture and business declined to weigh in on the contest, endorsing in other contests but not the governor's race.

— CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of agriculture

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The strange discovery was made earlier this month at the Historic Hayes Farm in Edenton, where restoration specialist Andrew Ownbey is restoring key parts of the 194-acre farming complex.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2026
A number of the candidates motivated by HB 5468 are from rural communities, where homeschooling and farming can go together.

— Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of farming

Noun

There’s such a funny contrast between the peaceful idea of gardening and the absolute chaos of fighting your friends.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2026
The San Gabriel Mountains chapter of the California Native Plant Society will host its annual plant sale, featuring a variety of California native plants for sale and experts on hand to answer gardening questions.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of gardening

Noun

There is not enough arable land in China to both expand soybean cultivation and sustain self-reliance in staple grains.

— JOEL WUTHNOW, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2026
Mission Garden hosts public events and classes and grows heritage crops on an O’odham site that has been under cultivation for 4,000 years.

— Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of cultivation

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Theodore Payne Foundation director of horticulture Tim Becker will demonstrate how to cultivate a variety of locally native plants from cuttings of each plant.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Matthew McKernan is a consumer horticulture associate at the Kansas State University extension.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of horticulture

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