Associations to the word «Biogenic»

Wiktionary

BIOGENIC, adjective. Produced by living organisms, or by a biological process
BIOGENIC, adjective. Essential for the maintenance of life

Dictionary definition

BIOGENIC, adjective. Produced by living organisms or biological processes; "fermentation is a biogenic process".
BIOGENIC, adjective. Essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes; "sleep and food and water are among the biogenic needs of the organism".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne