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native
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adjective (a)

  • characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin(adj.all)
    Example:
    The native North American sugar maple.
    Many native artists studied abroad.
    Antonym:
    foreign, strange
    source: wordnet30
  • belonging to one by birth(adj.all)
    Example:
    My native land.
    One's native language.
    Antonym:
    adopted, adoptive
    source: wordnet30
  • characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning(adj.all)
    Example:
    Native Americans.
    Synonym:
    aboriginal
    Antonym:
    nonnative
    source: wordnet30
  • Arising by birth; having an origin; born.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • an indigenous person who was born in a particular place(noun.person)
    Example:
    The art of the natives of the northwest coast.
    Synonym:
    aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, indigene
    source: wordnet30
  • a person born in a particular place or country(noun.person)
    Example:
    He is a native of Brazil.
    source: wordnet30
  • indigenous plants and animals(noun.tops)
    source: wordnet30
  • One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • as found in nature in the elemental form(adj.all)
    Example:
    Native copper.
    source: wordnet30
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