Organogen

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Organogen \Or*gan"o*gen\, n. [Organo- + -gen.] (Chem.)
     A name given to any one of the four elements, carbon,
     hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, which are especially
     characteristic ingredients of organic compounds; also, by
     extension, to other elements sometimes found in the same
     connection; as sulphur, phosphorus, etc.


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