indigenous

indigenous
    adj 1: originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of
           Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks
           and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu
           are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"
           [syn: {autochthonal}, {autochthonic}, {autochthonous},
           {endemic}, {indigenous}]
    

Indigenous \In*dig"e*nous\, a. [L. indigenus, indigena, fr. OL.
   indu (fr. in in) + the root of L. gignere to beget, bear. See
   {In}, and {Gender}.]
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   1. Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a
      country or climate; not exotic; not imported.
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            Negroes were all transported from Africa and are not
            indigenous or proper natives of America. --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
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            In America, cotton, being indigenous, is cheap.
                                                  --Lion Playas.
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   2. Native; inherent; innate.
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            Joy and hope are emotions indigenous to the human
            mind.                                 --I. Taylor.
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40 Moby Thesaurus words for "indigenous":
      aboriginal, atavistic, autochthonous, bodily, born, coeval,
      congenital, connatal, connate, connatural, constitutional, endemic,
      genetic, hereditary, homebred, homegrown, in the blood, inborn,
      inbred, incarnate, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctive,
      instinctual, local, natal, native, native to, native-born, natural,
      natural to, organic, original, physical, primal, primitive,
      temperamental, unacquired, vernacular