organogenicadj.
/ɔːˌɡanəʊˈdʒɛnɪk/, /ˌɔːɡənəʊˈdʒɛnɪk/, /ˌɔːɡn̩əʊˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌɔrɡənoʊˈdʒɛnɪk/, /ɔrˌɡænoʊˈdʒɛnɪk/ 1. Biology (now chiefly Botany). = organogenetic adj.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > of production or development of organs
organogenic1852
organogenetic1854
the world > life > the body > system > [adjective] > organ > formation of
organopoietical1664
organogenic1852
organogenetic1854
organoplastic1855
the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth > development or regeneration of parts
regenerative1767
organogenic1852
organogenetic1854
hysterogenetic1884
hysterogenic1885
heteromorphic1898
mesogenous1965
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 1030 The positions have rather a relation to the length or organogenic nature of the organ.
1879 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 6 167 Other disorders of the nervous system are due to the same organogenic conditions.
1885 Bot. Gaz. 10 360 Two years ago I read before this section a paper upon the ‘Development of the Dandelion’, an organogenic study, in which it incidentally appeared that the first character to show itself was that of the inferior ovary.
1948 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 35 226/2 A survey of histochemical patterns may supplement some of the fundamental histological and organogenic gradients described by Prat.
1979 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 106 95/2 Starch accumulation was a prominent feature of this callus, as has been reported..for other ‘embryogenic’ or organogenic plant tissue callus.
2003 Nature 9 Oct. 637 Signals, usually flavones, secreted by the legume root induce the bacteria to produce a lipochitin-oligosaccharide signal molecule..which in turn triggers the plant organogenic process.
2. Geology. = organogenous adj.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > concretion or petrifaction > [adjective] > organic material
organogenous1881
organogenic1934
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Organogenic Petrog., derived from organic substances.
1941 Sci. Monthly May 422/2 The best illustration of such a difference is the formation of soil humus and of various organogenic geological deposits such as coal, mineral oil, peat and petrified wood.
2000 Jrnl. Sedimentary Res. A. 70 10 Organogenic dolomites are mainly cements, and contain relatively low concentrations of Sr and Mn.
Derivatives
organoˈgenically adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > concretion or petrifaction > [adverb] > organic material
organogenically1967
1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 550 The coralligenous biocoenosis..is particularly well developed..on rocky as well as on organogenically fixed bottoms.
1989 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 76 354/1 The 7-day-old upper cotyledons are elongated, yet they are still competent to respond organogenically to BA.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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