"organic compound" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: organic compounds [plural]
Etymology: Not only are organic compounds essential to living organisms, but the common belief until the 19th century was that only living organisms could produce them, whence the name. When it was shown in the early 1800s that they could also be produced in the laboratory, the old name was kept. Head templates: {{en-noun}} organic compound (plural organic compounds)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any compound containing carbon atoms covalently bound to other atoms. Wikipedia link: organic compound Categories (topical): Matter, Organic chemistry Synonyms: organic compound Hypernyms: chemical compound Hyponyms: volatile organic compound, carboxylic acid, carbohydrate, alcohol Related terms: :Category:Organic compounds, List of organic_compounds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Translations (carbon containing covalent compound): 有機化合物 (Chinese Cantonese), 有机化合物 (jau⁵ gei¹ faa³ hap⁶ mat⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 有機化合物 (Chinese Mandarin), 有机化合物 (yǒujī huàhéwù) (Chinese Mandarin), organická sloučenina [feminine] (Czech), organisk forbindelse (Danish), organische verbinding [feminine] (Dutch), orgaaninen yhdiste (Finnish), composé organique [masculine] (French), composto orgánico [masculine] (Galician), organische Verbindung [feminine] (German), οργανική ένωση (organikí énosi) [feminine] (Greek), lífrænt efnasamband [neuter] (Icelandic), comhdhúil orgánach [feminine] (Irish), composto organico (Italian), 有機化合物 (yūki kagōbutsu) (alt: ゆうきかごうぶつ) (Japanese), sebatian organik (Malay), കാർബണിക സംയുക്തം (kāṟbaṇika saṁyuktaṁ) (Malayalam), co-vunstoo orgaanagh (Manx), matūwaro (Maori), composto orgânico [masculine] (Portuguese), compus organic [masculine] (Romanian), органи́ческое соедине́ние (organíčeskoje sojedinénije) [neuter] (Russian), органи́ческое вещество́ (organíčeskoje veščestvó) [neuter] (Russian), compuesto orgánico (Spanish), organisk förening [common-gender] (Swedish), haying balangkap (Tagalog), organik bileşik (Turkish), cyfansoddyn organig [masculine] (Welsh)

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      "sense": "carbon containing covalent compound",
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      "sense": "carbon containing covalent compound",
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      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "carbon containing covalent compound",
      "word": "haying balangkap"
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      "sense": "carbon containing covalent compound",
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