aquiculture
Definition
- Noun:
- A technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients: A method of cultivating plants in a water-based, nutrient-rich solution instead of soil.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The farm uses aquiculture to grow lettuce and herbs year-round.
- Studying aquiculture can lead to innovations in sustainable food production.
Advanced Usage
- "Commercial aquiculture": Refers to the large-scale, business-oriented practice of soilless plant cultivation.
- Commercial aquiculture is becoming a vital part of the urban agricultural movement.
Variants and Related Words
- Hydroponics (n): A synonym for aquiculture; the cultivation of plants in nutrient solution without soil.
- Hydroponics is another term for aquiculture.
- Aquaponic (adj): Pertaining to a system that combines aquiculture (raising aquatic animals) with hydroponics (growing plants in water). Note: This is a related but distinct compound term.
- An aquaponic system uses fish waste to provide nutrients for the plants.
Synonyms
- Hydroponics: The science of growing plants in a nutrient-rich water solution.
- Soilless cultivation: The general practice of growing plants without the use of soil.
Related Phrases
- Nutrient film technique (NFT): A specific type of aquiculture/hydroponics where a very shallow stream of water containing all dissolved nutrients flows past the plant roots.
- NFT is a common method in modern aquiculture.
- Water culture: A simple form of aquiculture where plant roots are suspended directly into the nutrient solution.
Related Idioms
(No common idioms are directly associated with the specific technical term 'aquiculture'.)
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a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients
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