noun-modifying (irregular)
Used before nouns, especially for organic farming or food, and in chemistry for carbon-based or organic substances. The usual opposite is 無機.
See also: 無機
More people are choosing organic vegetables.
This substance dissolves easily in organic solvents.
organic chemistry
Abbreviation of 有機化学, mainly in school, university, or laboratory contexts where chemistry is already understood.
See also: 有機化学
The organic chemistry exam covers up through alkene reactions.
Abbreviation of 有機化合物. This is context-dependent chemistry shorthand rather than a general everyday noun.
See also: 有機化合物
In a chemistry context, 有機 is sometimes used as an abbreviation for organic compound.
organic rice
organic acid