indigenous
[adjective]
Synonyms: native, aboriginal, autochthonous, endemic, innate, congenital, connate, connatural, inborn, inherited, natural, unacquired

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Antonyms: exotic, naturalized
Contrasted words: alien, extraneous, foreign

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in‧di‧ge‧nous /ɪnˈdɪdʒənəs/ adjective formal
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Late Latin; Origin: indigenus, from Latin indigena 'someone born in a place']
indigenous people or things have always been in the place where they are, rather than being brought there from somewhere else Synonym : native
indigenous to
Blueberries are indigenous to America.
the many indigenous cultures which existed in Siberia

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indigenous
adj.
VERBS be
ADV. truly examples of truly indigenous music
PREP. to The tree is indigenous to China.

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